Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA
From: W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Hayes/USR 1200 Problems - (nf)
Message-ID: <12242@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 20:01:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12242
Posted: Fri Apr 13 20:01:00 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 07:36:44 EDT
Lines: 11

From:  Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA>

It's most likely that the problem WAS heat.  The USR Password does run
a bit warm.  However, there's another thing users should remember:
most CRTs have a rather strong magnetic field from the deflection
coils around the display tube.  Most modems have one or more
transformers, used to isolate them from the phone line and/or for
"Hybrid" balance.  If you mount the modem too close to anything that
has a strong magnetic field, you're asking for trouble.  The result
will be errors and/or decreased demodulator sensitivity in the modem.
--Keith