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From: alanr@tekigm.UUCP (Alan Rovner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Subject: Response to David Kirschbaum/USR Modems
Message-ID: <541@tekigm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 20:57:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 20:57:10 1985
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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David, I think your problems are due to poor analog design/phone line
interface in your modem.  I went through two USR Passport modems and had
all sorts of garbage characters, random phone line hang up, etc.  At
first I thought I had a bad modem, so I exchanged it for another Passport.
It acted the same way.  It was then I concluded the design of the modem
did not meet my standards so I traded it in on a Rixon R212A.  Calling
the same BBS's I did with the Passport over the same phone line I now have
no problems at all with bad characters, etc.  While USR modems work well
from the microprocessor side, their phone line interface is poor.

Regards,
Al Rovner
Tektronix, Vancouver, WA