Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!socrates.umd.edu!socrates!rockwell From: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: T1000 Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 19:50:37 GMT References: <42.282CCC07@zswamp.uucp> Sender: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Organization: Traveller Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: root@zswamp.uucp's message of 11 May 91 13: 52:08 GMT Geoffrey Welsh: I'm not sure why someone would disable error correction. There may be good reasons, but I'm inclined to say that a modem which is programmed to correct errors should be permitted to do so. I don't want noise on my line and, if the choice is between letting the modem do it and adding the job to the host computer, I'm willing to leave it to the modem. Well, I know why. There are modem setups out there that will spoof an error correcting modem (by connecting in a way that makes it appear error correction is enabled, and then hanging the connection because the protocol is not really being supported). If you want to talk to one of those you have to disable error correction. Raul Rockwell