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echo: aust_modem
to: Hamish Moffatt
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-07-24 21:18:40
subject: USR Courier

Hamish, at 12:47 on Jul 21 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

HM>>> Too bad about the obscure command set. Just about every
HM>>> other modem ever made uses AT&Kx to set RTS/CTS flow 
HM>>> control options. :-)

>> Difference does NOT make obscurity - what is the most used 
>> modem by BBS operators in Australia/the world?

HM> In Australia, not USR. In the world, you might have a 
HM> chance. But what's your point? BBSs are a very small consumer 
HM> of modems. Rockwell sells the datapump chips in quantities 
HM> of thousands minimum.

Even 10%  of the modem population isn't obscure.  Different perhaps.  This
is why we have configurable initialisation strings in our software.

Even different Rockwell based modems use different settings for some things.

David
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