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From: alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Known problem with Prometheus ProModems?
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.113329.2786@panix.uucp>
Date: 12 Nov 90 11:33:29 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY
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I have four Prometheus Promodem 2400G modems. They all suffer from a known
problem, which is that when dialing pulse they die until powered off.

Fine. They'll fix them free of charge. No complaints there. But-

A friend also tells me that some of them are known to be deficient, while
other are fine. Apparently some chip (?) has either the word "globe" or a
picture of a globe on it, if the modem's good, and not if it's bad.

Does anyone have any idea what he's talking about? These things are giving
me a lot of grief that has nothing to do with the dial problem. For example,
right now one of them is holding a line open, spitting wierd tones down it.
The fact that I've dropped DTR and the modem is supposed to reset on that
condition, but it hasn't, isn't improving my mood... :-(

Thanks in advance,
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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
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