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- From: pho@photon.bli.uci.edu (Peter Ho)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster V.34 4/95 ROM vs. V.34+ 10/95 ROM Performance?
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 12:45:50 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Irvine
- Message-ID: <4et11u$8qa@news.service.uci.edu>
- References: <4dv1db$ar5@usenet2.interramp.com> <4epmp0$mf6@shellx.best.com> <4eq0ss$mr@news.service.uci.edu> <4erffe$us2@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>
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- In article <4erffe$us2@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>,
- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:
-
- >That sounds like a setup problem, what initialization string did you use?
-
- The first thing I did when I got the Sportster 33.6k was AT&F1&W0. I use
- ATZ as an init string for all my telecom programs. I override the
- Windows 95 init string by placing a "Z" in the Extra settings box in
- Modems Properties. I also tried disabling compression with &K0 and force
- MNP by disabling v.42 negotiation sequence with the appropriate S
- register (it's a different S register on the 33.6k Sportster but
- equivalent to doing S27=32 on the old 28.8k Sportster).
-
- >Sounds like you didn't spend much/any time reading the manual and
- >trying things, or didn't mention it if you did. I can think of
- >several things which might cause this, but won't go into them since
- >you have a slower modem which you are able to make work.
-
- Believe me, I've read the manual. As a matter of fact, I've read the
- manuals to several USR modems I've bought or support for other people
- including HST 9600, HST 14.4k, Dual Standard 14.4k HST/v.32bis, Sportster
- 28.8k, v.Everything, etc. A user shouldn't have to do more than issue
- the recomended AT&F1 init string. If he has to muck around with the
- other settings, limit the symbol rate and such, then the product is
- broken. This is exactly what I had to do with my roommate's Sportster
- 28.8k. It would sometimes produce a continuous hi-lo tone when trying to
- connect with other modems, unless I limit the connect speed to no higher
- than 26.4k. This is after going through a few firmware upgrades to fix
- other problems.
-
- >My results with Cardinal and Zoom have been mixed, and I think I've
- >seen a number of people who have the same experience. Since USR
- >outsells all the others, it's not too odd to see more USR
- >complaints, since happy people never seem to post (except John
- >Navias who is terminally ecstatic with USR).
-
- USR hasn't changed much since I bought their HST 9600 years ago. They go
- in a cycle, release new product, let customers beta test, when customers
- complain, release firmware updates, continue with firmware updates until
- product works reasonably well, then back to releasing new product. I got
- tired of paying a premium just to beta test their stuff.
-
-