On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> I had to switch from HW to SW flow control.

  You want to use RTS/CTS ("hardware") flow control if you can.  It generally
works better.

> Unfortunately, US Robotics documentation ...

  Try this command in minicom (or some other terminal emulator):

        AT$

The better US Robotics modems include built-in online help.  One of their own
redeeming features, IMNSHO.  :-)

> Now, we get to see them spend a whole chart telling someone how to put a
> CD in a drive and run setup.exe.

  Some people still won't be able to do it.

> As Jerry Pournelle once said:  "You can never have enough documentation."

  Indeed.  Look on the CD/disks included with the modem.  They prolly have
electronic documentation on their somewhere.

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