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- From: dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
- Subject: Re: Supra problems wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.123231.1959@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 12:32:31 GMT
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- In article <sherlock.003k@sleuth.eskimo.com> sherlock@sleuth.eskimo.com (Jonathan Marsh) writes:
- > MOTHER of GOD! Perhaps it's just that I've spent a little time reading the
- >manual, talking to Supra folks who have a life & did my own upgrade. I've even
- >used GPfax, which is fine for docs, but worthless for pics, but it does work as
- >claimed. So where's the beef? I bought one of the first 14.4k units & aside from
- >Telebit headaches, all has worked fairly well.
- > You need a fast machine, a solid cable/hardware handshaking, a solid phone
- >line & a clue as to what you are about... Else, fumble along & complain.
-
- Excuse me, but I do know how to read the manual, and have read it and
- know many of the options that are available. However, nowhere in the manual
- does it say:
-
- &SN - this command stops the hissing noise when the brand new modem
- is turned on every single time and is otherwise not being used
-
- &NMF - this is the special No More Flicker mode, which causes your
- LED display to stop flickering while online. This also causes the
- display to not flicker while offline and pressing the DELETE key or
- BACKSPACE key. And last of all, it turns off the gradiated intensity
- levels of the LED display from the upper left to the lower right of
- the display.
-
- %DP - this command turns those dead pixels from your new modem back
- on
-
- M6 - this is for those of you with speakers that don't make any noise.
- it is accomplished by making it REALLY loud
-
- S0=-1 - this sets the modem to answer the phone at random numbers of
- rings. Sometimes after none, one, six, or never. Great if you are
- running a BBS
-
- HA - this option means 'hang up the phone immediately whenever someone
- calls and don't even try to connect'
-
- %c7 - this turns on MNP-level 30 compression, and there is no way
- to disable it. Unfortunately no other modems support this, so when
- someone tries to connect, we send this signal first so that they
- will never connect. And to make it better, we don't ever stop until
- the power is turned off to keep those nasty modem users from calling
- our bbs ever again
-
- &NS - this command makes you unable to connect to other Supra modems
-
- &RDC - this is the Random Drop Carrier option, which causes your
- modem to suddenly hang up while you are online
-
- &T8 - this is the internal line quality test option. It always
- returns "Your modem is working fine, but you have lots of line noise"
- even though you never see any line noise, and none of your other
- modmes have any of the problems listed above.
-
-
-
- Just for your information, I recently installed a non-Supra modem.
- It answers the phone. It connects. It even lets people log in. I admit it
- doesn't report their speed correctly using W2 (as there is no W2), and I
- have had some trouble so far, but it is better than not having connections
- made AT ALL. Now you can yell at me for not reading the 120 page manual for
- the new modem...but I promise I will do it today.
-
- If you think my modem works fine, I will gladly pay you $50 to trade
- modems...my SupraFAX 14.4 for yours.
-
-
-
- --
-
- I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND SUPRA MODEMS - IN MY OPINION THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE
- Amiga Graphics Association BBS (516) 473-6351 24 HRS 14.4 v.32bis
- ** NO LONGER RUNNING ON A SUPRA MODEM **
- ** FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE **
-
- Problems with your Supra modem? Join the Supra Mailing List. Send email to
- subscribe@xamiga.linet.org, and ask specifically for the Supra list!
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