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From: [e-mail] (Dana Akanova)
Subject: Penril Alliance V.34bis Questions
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 04:59:22 GMT

Well, I tried to give the Penril another chance.  I was actually able
to get the modem to work as a Archtek Megaplus Fax 288 under Win95.
However, I at first thought that the Penril would hold on to the line
better than my old Courier DS V.34.  I get a few more (2/day) random
disconnects than I did with the Courier (2/week).

I talked to Penril Tech Support and they said that they will not be
supporting Win95 -- i.e. no .inf file for Win95 to identify the modem.
The init string that I am currently using under Win95 is
ATW1M0L2S11=55\Q1.  Anyone else got a better init that might prevent
these disconnects?  After all, Penril advertises this modem as the
master of noise control.

Also, the manual indicates that this modem supports asymmetric rates.
And I do have the modem configured as such.  However, when I connect
to several BBS's with different types of modems (Couriers, SupraFax
V.34, Hayes Optima V.34, Sportsters), I ALWAYS get the same rate for
the send and receive speeds.  I know that these other modems support
asymmetric rates because I could see them when I used my courier and
did an ati6.  So what's the deal?

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

David Jenks