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From: james@netcom.COM (James Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 9600 ROM version 1.29
Message-ID: <24586@netcom.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 91 04:42:03 GMT
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I called PP last week to ask about the fix list. The guy that took the call
first denied that a new ROM version was around the corner. I conered him on
it, and he reversed himself. He would not tell me what is changed in the
upgrade, and made me ask him about specific problems. He managed to answer
each in such a way that gave me a total lack of confidence in his ability
to answer anything correctly. I specifically asked him if any changes will
improve LAPM in any way. He said no changes were made in this area. He
also said that there are no feature additions, only internal changes. (He
would _not_ say any bugs were fixed.) After 3 or 4 minutes of this, he
finally said something really condescending and I got disgusted and hung
up. (I can't find the post-it that I wrote his name on.)

I have yet to achieve a V.42 connection with anything with the PM9600.
I blame only myself, since I've had a bad experience with PP before.
(Boy, is that a _long_ story. You wouldn't believe it.) This time I
bought the modem from a dealer who would make exchanges if I had
problems. I lucked out. I only had to exchange the PM9600 once. Other
than not being able to use V.42 /42bis, the modem has been working fine.

Being a radio enthusiast, it's hard for me to expect too much from
a high-speed modem without _ANY_ RF shielding, and no grounding. It took
me a couple days to keep the VHF packet station from driving it nuts!

-- 
James L. Paul

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