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From: jsm@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Jon Meltzer)
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Subject: Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
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Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 08:20:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 19 08:20:11 1986
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In article <1051@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> lrj@batcomputer.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen) writes:
>  A few months ago i bought one, and it worked perfectly, very clean
>data tranmission, so on and so forth.  It WAS very close to a Hayes,
>almost everything implemented (would not dial a '*' or '#' in touchtone).
>They delivered (by UPS) in about a week and a half...
>  Why do i say it 'worked' perfectly?  Well, you see there was this
>thunderstorm, and someone forgot to disconnect the modem from the phone...
>I know of no modem that can hande a several thousand volt surge/spike
>coming in thru the phone line...  One toasted modem.
>
WOW! I've never thought of that possibility! Any way to surge protect a
phone line?