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- From: jenkinsj@flotsm.ozy.dec.com (Jon Jenkins)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
- Subject: Re: Motorola 28.8 & QuickLinkII Help !!
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 20:42:39 GMT
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- Jon Jenkins (jenkinsj@flotsm.ozy.dec.com) wrote:
- : Jon Jenkins (jenkinsj@flotsm.ozy.dec.com) wrote:
- : : After a long list of problems with the
- : : Motrola Lifestyle 28.8
-
- Most of these have been solved with a sw REV change
-
- ..snip
-
- : Hmm well I found out what this one was:
-
- : Do not enable the ECM (Error Correcting Mode)
- : in the QUICKLINK II Receive Fax Setup !!
- : and you can receive and see multipage faxes, they
- : might be a little blurry but at least you
- : can see them .....!
-
- after extensive discussions with smithmicro it now
- appears that there is a problem with
- Motorola modems and Error Correction Mode (ECM).
- There will be a new version of the QuickLink II
- out soon. Not sure what the upgrade price
- will be.
-
- : Another gotcha from those purveyors of
- : high quality comms products and shining
- : examples of excellent technical support:
- : Motorola ISG and SmithMicro!!
-
- I suppose I should apologise for this remark:
- my apologies for this cheap shot, it was made
- in utter frustration at the problems
- I was having and the lack of response
- from Motorola ISG support in the US.!
-
- Thanks to Brent Cannon from SmithMicro
- and Greg Weaver from Megadyne (Motorola ISG support
- in Aus) for solving most of the problems
- your assistance is appreciated.
-
- Just out of interest I asked one of
- the leading suppliers of fax sw
- when they are going to do a motorola
- version and the comment was:
- " Oh Motorola, hell they are right
- out there in left field all by themselves,
- they really decided to be different"
-
- Jon
-
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