Re: Liason network bridges vs. Telebit

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From: mcdonald
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1989 14:31

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>>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.

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Subject: Re: Liason network bridges vs. Telebit
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