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echo: aust_modem
to: Peter Collis
from: Tom Bulum
date: 1996-08-05 20:05:30
subject: USR Courier

Peter CollisCollis was raving on in AUST_MODEM about USR Courier:
 PC> While listening to Tom Bulum Pete heard:USR Courier

 PC> G'day Tom

 RB>> You just proved that the US code detects Australian Tones BETTER
 RB>> than the code INTENDED for Australia.

 TB>> I've since found that it stuffs up one time in twenty. Still a
 TB>> great improvement.

 TB>> Are there newer 'doctored' US versions. How would it be
 TB>> accomplished I wonder. CRC would have to be taken care of I
 TB>> suppose.

 PC> AFAIK The later code after being doctored would load into the
 PC> modem ok
 PC> but wouldn't do anything, whether this was intentionally done of
 PC> not
 PC> remains to be proven.

Oh well, looks like I'll have to wait for the official SDL like the rest of us.

Tom Bulum
e-mail: tom.bulum{at}accc.gov.au  or  tomb{at}pcug.org.au
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