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From: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MNP Auto-Reliable + getty: happy accident or design?
Message-ID: <1416@sialis.mn.org>
Date: 1 May 89 04:45:40 GMT
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Reply-To: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
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>> Curious, my recollection is that you can do that with a TB+.  (We don't
>> lock either way on ours, so I'm not sure.)
>
>The TB+ locks the baud rate in and out. The only way to get a TB+ to work at
>19200 is to lock the baud rate. What does your xferstats say about speed? 
>(assuming of course you are running HDB)

Really?  Hmmm...

I've run Telebit Trailblazer+'s at 19.2K without locking the baud
rate (assuming we're using the same terminology here...)

>> Power problems?  Obsolete firmware?  We've had none on our pair.
>
>attcan and I constantly lock up as well as attnts. I know I have to go a reset
>all of the damn modems when they do. It appears to be power (roms are 4.0) 

If it's power, it's not in the modem.  Perhaps  you could argue that
the modem is too sensitive, but I have had one in an area that has
(what I consider) poor power quality, and of the three that are in
separate locations, none have required any human interventions.

>> Sorry, you're too late, Canada has gone TB+ too, although apparently you
>> hadn't noticed.  Most of the major news-distribution sites in Toronto and
>> elsewhere use TB+s to move the data.
>
>Dont count on it.
>Price may change that!

I'm not going to be one of the first to abandon my Trailblazer because
some other modem may be cheaper.  A full 90% of the sites I talk to
have Trailblazers.  Zero have the Microcoms in question.  If a number
of sites that I must talk to only install these modems, then I will
consider obtaining one in addition to my Trailblazer.

Until that time arrives, I'll not be buying one.  I have no need to.
I already own these other modems that have served me well and
flawlessly.  Does anyone really expect others to switch over because
of price?  It would be an endless cycle of money wasting if that were
to happen...

For your needs, purchase and install what you need and the flavor that
serves you best.  I did, and I can see no reasons to change anything
at this point, or in the foreseeable future.

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