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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Is UUNET going to upgrade?
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.142833.3158@shaman.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 14:28:33 GMT
References: <1991Jun26.221821.134@cmkrnl.uucp>
Sender: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
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In article <1991Jun26.221821.134@cmkrnl.uucp> jeh@cmkrnl.uucp writes:
> Now for a HELPFUL suggestion!  I am not a uunet subscriber, but last night I
> needed to download many things from them via their 900 number.  During the
> first long transfer I noticed the PEP light on my modem blinking.  This is
> evidence of a PEP "retrain".  Naturally, the RD light indicated no data being
> received during this period. 
> 
> This happened several times, so I killed the call and dug through some old
> saved messages.  Someone had said that setting S120=16 might help in cases
> where the modem seemed to be retraining frequently. 

Oddly enough, I get this often too. I'm wondering if it's a common problem
with PEP or UUNET or Fall Church, VA's phone lines.
  I may try the S120=16 yet (although I would think that it would be
a performance loss during the login sequence and the inter-file handshaking).

    - jiro nakamura
      jiro@shaman.com
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