John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com> (08/10/90)
This Telebit Trailblazer+ ROM thing appears to be of interest to a lot
of people. There has been a lot of mail from people who are curious
concerning the version of firmware that will "fix" the Sprint problem.
I have just installed the firmware in the Trailblazers that talk long
distance. An "ATN?" reveals:
Version BC5.10A
Normally I leave the speakers off to keep from going cu-coo, but a test
listen reveals a tone for a couple of seconds before the traditional
"bleep-blop". When the modem calls out, it inserts a few extra tones
during the handshake sequence.
Normally, things are rockin' here twenty-four hours a day, but
naturally tonight it is completely dead. The ten or so calls that have
happened in the past hour seem to have had no difficulty. I have
re-enabled Sprint and will see if all this improves that situation. So
far, so good, but I would have preferred to have my normal traffic beat
the hell out of the modems so that I could quickly see if I should hang
on to the old EPROMs.
I'll report any significant developments.
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