alanr@tekigm.UUCP (Alan Rovner) (08/02/85)
David, I think your problems are due to poor analog design/phone line interface in your modem. I went through two USR Passport modems and had all sorts of garbage characters, random phone line hang up, etc. At first I thought I had a bad modem, so I exchanged it for another Passport. It acted the same way. It was then I concluded the design of the modem did not meet my standards so I traded it in on a Rixon R212A. Calling the same BBS's I did with the Passport over the same phone line I now have no problems at all with bad characters, etc. While USR modems work well from the microprocessor side, their phone line interface is poor. Regards, Al Rovner Tektronix, Vancouver, WA