Hamish, at 21:29 on Aug 01 1996, you wrote to Paul Sanders...

HM> I never had much problem with the Sportster connecting, just that the
HM> performance wasn't up to the levels of any other 14.4 modem I'd used, 
HM> including the Maestro 144FM.

Oddly enough, I found my own 14k4 Sportsters to have marginally superior
transfer rates to most Rockwells.  Go figure.

HM> Also I consider the Sportster's command set to be relatively obscure, 

Funny, after owning half a dozen or more USRs, I actually find the Rockwell
command set to be somewhat obscure.  Horses for courses, I guess.

HM> though I'll no doubt hear lots of complaints about that comment from the 
HM> USR FRZ club here.

Not from me, you won't.  :)

Regards, Bill
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