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At 10:04 AM 10/28/97 -0800, Michael Ghens - RAIN Network System
Administration wrote:

>I have made reliable connections to West.net with the modem I currently have
>(my boss's account resides there) as well as to several other BBSes in the
>area. RAIN is the *only* dialup that gives me problems, reliably! I shit you
>not, it can be expected to happen _EVERY DAMNED CALL_ that the modem will
lock
>up, and not even hangup!
>
>It happens after 2 bl-ers usually (see below).

This looks/sounds like the infamous USR V.42bis bug:

>I don't know if this is formally acknowledged by USR yet,
>but there was a fix for the V.42bis problem in their Sportster 
>and X2 modems code:
>
>>>The 7/8/97 and 9/5/97 code from USR fixes the
>>>V42bis problem.
>
>Older Sportster modems did NOT have this problem - it appears it was
>introduced sometime late last year, but I don't have exact dates on
>their firmwares. The fixes are confirmed in the releases mentioned
>above.
>
>The workaround for "problem" modems was/is to disable V.42bis.

Some known "problem" modems are known to Ascend TAC, so you might
want to find out if this is one of the known "bad"/"questionable"
versions. I received this list from one test-site:

>1. USR Sporster 33.6
>   3/8/97 , Flash Rev. 4.1.55
>   DSP Date 3/8/97, DSP Rev 10.3.55
>2. USR Sportster X2
>   2/20/97, EPROM Rev. 4.0.1
>   DSP Date 2/20/97, DSP Rev 10.2.1
>3. USR Sportster 56k (not X2)
>   3/8/97 , Flash Rev. 4.1.55
>   DSP Date 3/8/97. DSP Rev 10.3.55
>4. USR PCMCIA X2 (XJ/CC1560)
>   Model XJ1560
>Older Sportster 28.8 seems to be okay.

>U.S. Robotics Sportster 33600 Fax Link Diagnostics...
>
>Chars sent               372002      Chars Received          1655830
>Chars lost                    0
>Octets sent              185827      Octets Received         1048521
>Blocks sent               17669      Blocks Received           17861
>Blocks resent                 0
>
>Retrains Requested            0      Retrains Granted              0
>Line Reversals                0      Blers                         2
>Link Timeouts                 0      Link Naks                     0
>
>Data Compression       V42BIS 2048/32
>Equalization           Long
>Fallback               Enabled
>Protocol               LAPM
>Speed                  26400/26400
>Current Call           01:31:57


Kevin


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