from the RE/bbs (DGS ECHO system) -- woodbridge, va.  PHIL DeWITT (SYSOP)
  703-590-6636 v.32bis
  703-590-1441 HST (for a LITTLE while longer!)

RE: SupraFAX V.32bis modem & RBBS & QModem

1) they are versitile external modems with attractive SYSOP pricing (they 
   have now begun advertising these things widely in PC Magazine -- call their
   published 800# ... under $250 for V.32bis/v.42bis/MNP10/&14.4 Fax
2) these are suprisingly SMALL external modems (they're dwarfed by my older
   HST's), but pack a whole lot into a little space;
3) I will mention that I think they run a little hot, but since they're SO
   small, you won't need to stack `em and heat may not be a problem anyway;
4) with Qmodem -- just using factory defaults outta the box worked for ME
   on 95% of the boards I called.  I just set the connect rate inside of
   Qmodem to 57600 and let the modem take care of everything else (using
   just a simple "ATZ" to initialize the modem.  On a few boards, I'd get
   a connect, but then the screen would start to fly past me without my
   comm program recognizing that a connection had been made.  Suggested fix
   [works for ME!] is a one-time fix: ... from main Qmodem prompt (before
   entering dialer), enter:
      AT&F2     <ENTER>    -- this reloads defaults for IBM systems
      ATS10=30  <ENTER>    -- this boosts time for carrier detect
      AT&W      <ENTER>    -- this makes this your default when next booting

   that's it!  So far has worked flawlessly calling a large variety of boards.

5) with RBBS:
   alright, I'll confess I must be a mental cripple!  When I read someone else'
   MODEM.SET I get really all turned around, because the information order 
   just isn't "linear" from my perspective.  For those of you much more clever
   than me, please suppress your snickers!  Under RBBS's config param #225,
   you see questions in roughly this order:

   a} reset modem  ATZ
   b} init. modem  ATM0E0S2=255S10=30Q0X1S0=254W2
   c} count rings  ATS1?
   d} answer line  ATQ0X1A
   e} go off-hook  ATQ1E1H1M0
   f} clr firmwre  AT&F2
   g} init frmwre  AT&R1&S1
   h} write frmwr  AT&W
   
   a large number (of the apparently correct!) settings are provided when we
   dip into the factory settings, via "AT&F2" -- so not too many things to be
   reset.  

   I may not everything right yet, but most callers from simple 2400 thru v.32
   & v.32bis seem to get connected O.K.   I'm not running a fossil, so I don't 
   THINK I can lock the BBS port higher than 19200, but I *DO* lock the port at
   that speed and callers are getting some d/l CPS in the 1700 range.

   Phil DeWitt 05/25/92  [please call me with improvements in settings!]