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- From: profgmby@cybercomm.net (Sir Spamalot)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
- Subject: Re: Motorola 28.8 & QuickLinkII Help !!
- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 03:20:40 GMT
- Organization: Not Too Much
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- On 3 Apr 1996 20:42:39 GMT, jenkinsj@flotsm.ozy.dec.com (Jon
- Jenkins) wrote:
-
- >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
- >
- >
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Name: Dr Jon Jenkins Location: Digital Equipment Corporation NaC
- >Voice/Fax: 61-7-55-75-0151/100 Burnett Place, Research Park,
- >Inet: jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com Bond University, Gold Coast
- >Close Proximity: "HEY YOU !!!" QLD, AUSTRALIA 4229
- >"Daddy, what's outside the Universe?" (My 5 year old.....)
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The U.S. version works just fine; I've been using it for about 6
- mos., and it beats the hell out of the USR "solution".
-
- --
- This is my theory, which is mine.
- *** Ms. Anne Elk ***
-