Re: (PM) USR modem <-> PM3 problems still? (fwd)

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:54:28 -0700 (MST)

Or just leave it on - USR modems and Cardinals (the old ones with the
Rockwell chipset) both work perfectly fine with these "problematic usr
modems" :(

On 13 Nov 1997, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> In article <199711130222.SAA24935@server.livingston.com>,
> MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com> wrote:
> >Once upon a time Stephen Fisher shaped the electrons to say...
> >>USR modems. From testing with 28.8k (as per ati3) and 33.6k (as per ati3)
> >>USR Sportsters I have noticed that both start slowing down, freezing, and
> >>disconnecting within 5-10 minutes in V.42/LAPM mode. They are connecting
> >
> >Note that USR *DOES* have a bug. We can't do anything about it.
> >
> >There is no way for us to work around it on our end without breaking V.42
> >for non-broken modems.
>
> You're going to hate me for this, but how come our old analog Microcom
> modems have no problem with it? Are the Microcoms really implementing a
> broken V.42 so that they can talk to USRs ?
>
> How about an option to turn this "broken" behaviour on/off ?

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