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From: al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Al Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Another 9600 protocol!
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.152804.10967@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
Date: 4 Mar 91 15:28:04 GMT
References: <1991Mar2.005717.14483@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <92423@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Organization: SCN Research/QIC Laboratories of Tigard Oregon
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I tried to email this - but since that failed, I'll post it..

In article <92423@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) writes:
>
>  As far as I can tell you're not associated with the company whose
>product you posted an ad for.  Nevertheless, it's a bad idea to posts
>product ads for any reason in any newsgroup other than comp.newprod.  It
>would have been a much better idea to have contacted the company and
>suggested that they arrange to post their ad on comp.newprod and then
>post a short note on comp.dcom.modems pointing readers at that article.

I only posted the shortest section of the file that touted this new
product, since I have extreme doubts about this product.  I don't have
any positive reactions to this ad, and didn't post it as an ad, but more
as a semi informative file about another protocol.

>  I understand that you probably didn't intend to break any USENET
>etiquette guidelines, but it's never a good idea to post commercial
>material to news groups other than comp.newprod no matter how interesting
>the product is.  Please don't take this wrong.

I posted it for the info (what there was of it) contained in it.  I thought
of not including the phone nuber line, but decided that since I was including
my skepticism and disclaimer of any idea if the dammed thing is any good
it would be taken that way --

Sorry if it bothered you - the ad bothers me also - as does the prospect
of another 9600 protocol...


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Alan L. Peterman                                   (503)-684-1984 hm
                       al@qiclab.scn.rain.com