Re: Faster ECS line

> IBM Canada has modems set to 19.2Kbps.
> In the US they do too - BUT you must dial a different number.
> It's listed in the front of all the Preventive Service Info APAR's for each 
>release (SF98320, SF98430 etc):
>
>  - New Electronic Customer Support (ECS) ports are now available on
>    the USA IBM service systems that are capable of running sessions
>    at 19.2 K baud (existing ports can run at a maximum of 9.6 K baud).
>    If you have a modem capable of running at this speed (e.g. 7852)
>    you can improve the performance of your ECS sessions by changing the
>    connection number for ECS on your machine to one of the following:
>
>            1-800-237-8804    Eastern USA
>            1-800-525-2834    Western USA
>
>    The primary use of ECS is to download PTFs via the SNDPTFORD
>    command.
>
> It makes no difference what you put in the LINESPEED or LINKSPEED values of 
>the line description, although there may be a slight advantage in changing the 
>DUPLEX from *HALF to *FULL (I always do).
>
> Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
>                                              AS/400~~~~~
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> mailto:NeilP@DPSlink.com    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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