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From: philf@xymox.metaphor.com (Phil Fernandez)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Help - trailblazer not connecting in "fast" mode
Message-ID: <812@metaphor.Metaphor.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 89 05:11:06 GMT
References: <562@moncol.UUCP> <111025@nstar.UUCP>
Sender: news@metaphor.Metaphor.COM
Reply-To: philf@xymox.metaphor.com (Phil Fernandez)
Organization: Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA
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In article <111025@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes:
>> the pep answer tones (as expected), my modem ignores these tones (why?),
>> the remote modem puts out the 1200/2400 tones (as expected), and my modem
>> connects at 2400 baud.  Other times, (calling the same site, with the
>> same configuration) the modem connects in fast mode without a hitch.
>
>Make sure you are programming your modem to connect in FAST mode only
>via the interal NRAM and not via a long command sequence.

Wait a minute!!!!  Why is this?  Shouldn't S50=255 in NVRAM be
*exactly* the same as S50=255 in a command sequence?

phil


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