On Fri 19 Jul at 20:12 Paul Sanders (3:639/104{at}fidonet) wrote to Bill Grimsley:

PS> Init-1        
ATH0B0X7E0V1Q0M0&A3&B1&K3&M4&G2&H1&R2|
PS> Init-2         ATE1&N0&S0S0=0S7=45S10=40S11=45S19=2|
BG>Massive overkill, IMO.  Some people init with a simple 
BG>AT&F1&K3, although I use ATZ with Binkley, having already 
BG>written AT&F1&K3&W manually (there's a good reason for 
BG>this, as USR modems actually store the baud [bit] rate in 
BG>NVRAM, so you need to perform an &W with DTE already 
BG>locked to your preferred speed).

 PS> Will try some more _simple_ init strings, so far, the above 
 PS> has been good for *all* connects to it, most users are 
 PS> noticing better connects, a couple long distance (std 
 PS> etc) callers have said they are geting less crc errors 
 PS> during d/loads (they are a mix of v.32b - v.fc)

Bidirectional hardware flow control is important to stop the computer from
sending data to the modem during a retrain and to stop the modem from
sending data to the computer during a disk write. 

Some modems like the Multi-Tech MT2834ZDX take a bit of configuring to set
this up properly.

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