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- From: pamot@igs.net (Buha)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 28.8 & S32 ?
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 03:23:12 GMT
- Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services
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- On 4 Apr 1996 01:06:01 GMT, Dennis Costea <den004@infi.net> wrote:
-
- >Does anyone have information on what this S register might have done
- >on earlier Sportster 28.8 models, if anything?
- >
- >The USR documentation says its "Reserved", I think it does absolutely
- >nothing whatsoever. However a friend of mine claims the modem was
- >permanently damaged by a S32=6 setting given to him.
- >
- >Is this possible? I told him that it was not, and sent email to USR
- >for confirmation. I suspect they're all getting a good laugh at my
- >expense, but who cares...
- >
- >Would appreciate any feedback anyone wants to offer on this subject.
- >Please send a cc: of your reply to my email address, because I might
- >not be by this way again soon. Thanks!
- >
- >Dennis
- >
- I was told that a setting of S32=0 disables LAPM protocol (which is
- some sort of error correction protocol). It apparently does something
- good for me since now my modem does not hang up so often. I mentioned
- this to USR Support people and they did not come back with any
- comments on the setting.
-
- Paul
-