mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/20/89)
>> >>It seems that the software periodically sends a modem-configuration >>command string to the modem. According to the article, this occurs once >>per minute [etc.] This >>configuration command includes an "&W" sequence, which instructs the >>modem to write the configuration information into its nonvolatile >>memory. Really? I would consider it violently unpleasant for ANY program to write to a configuration PROM in any device without an explicit request from the user. You should specifically have to invoke a configuration program, which would get ready to do so and then ask the user "Do you want to make this the permanent configuration of you whatzit?" and wait for confirmation.
mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/25/89)
>ARGH. Read my posting before you respond. I'll repeat it. >"The write-to-prom command is given ONLY on reset, which generally happens when >you reboot your mac." >You omitted the part of my posting which explained that rebooting doesn't >happen very often (this is, hopefully, obvious to everyone). If you reboot >your Mac once a minute you've got other problems to worry about anyway! Really? When I tried using a Mac, I typically had to reboot every 5 minutes. After a while I decided that the Mac wasn't ready for prime time. (That was 2 1/2 years ago - maybe it is now.) I don't know exactly why it bombed so often - the editor I had to use, the Absoft Fortran , the Appletalk network (Prime Suspect!), whatever - but it did.