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From: mc68020@gilsys.UUCP (Thomas J Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Lightning storms zapping modems
Message-ID: <1093@gilsys.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 18:03:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: gilsys.1093
Posted: Thu Aug  6 18:03:00 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 10:41:18 EDT
References: <1474@crash.CTS.COM>
Organization: Consequently Computers, Santa Rosa, Ca
Lines: 20
Summary: other interesting modem nightmares


   I have limited this reply  to comp.dcom.modems:


   I had a Racal/Vadic 345[12] modem some time ago which used to eat the RS232
receivers in my terminal under certain circumstances!  (seriously)

   If I wandered away from the terminal while logged into a remote system, and
for any reason my line was dropped, if I didn't return before that GAWDAWFUL
sound the LOC uses to tell you you're off hook happened, my RS232 receivers
would be fried.  Only explanation I could come up with was that somehow, the
mish-mash of over-driven tones was misleading the modem into some strange
output which fried my receivers.  I replaced the receivers 7 times before I
finally got rid of that &^$%*&^%*%^ modem!  Never had a problem since...

-- 
Tom Keller 
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