Re: DTR drop out (fwd)
Dan Swartzendruber (dswartz@kersur.net)
Fri, 22 Sep 1995 15:13:28 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Once upon a time Jay Hennigan shaped the electrons to say...
> >Yes. This is a serious problem with many modem types that take longer
> >than 0.5 second to reset, and wind up "hung" when DTR comes back in the
> >middle of the cycle. The ability to adjust this timer is a much-needed
>
> .5 seconds is all a good modem needs. If the modem doesn't allow that
> adjustment, IMHO, it isn't worth anything, it isn't a good modem.
>
> Just like modems that forget their DTE speed or can't lock it at all. I
> consider both a fatal flaw in the modem and would never use one that had
> these problems.
I don't consider this an acceptable response. If there's some sound
engineering reason why you can't do this for us, then say so, instead
of saying "basically you're using crap modems, so your SOL".