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From: spm@edison.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: modem plays the radio?
Message-ID: <1129@edison.GE.COM>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 12:25:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: edison.1129
Posted: Wed Aug 26 12:25:00 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 16:32:38 EDT
References: <2187@sphinx.uchicago.edu> <194@genat.UUCP> <2489@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>
Organization: General Electric Company, Charlottesville, VA
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Summary: try plugging a phone in

In article <2489@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>, jeffb@mcnc.UUCP (Jeffrey B. Butterworth) writes:
> I've had the same problem with my modem.  I waited for six weeks for my dream
> come true, a 2400 baud Mitac modem.  As soon as I got it, I ripped it out of the
> box, hooked it up, turned it on, and found out how to make mock apple pie from a
> local radio show.
> 
> If there are any more possessed modem stories out there, please tell me.  I'd
> love to be able to here my modem dialing without disturbing the neighbors two
> blocks away.

You might be able to *fix* the problem by plugging a *real* phone into
the back of the modem.  The inductance of a real ringer may be just
right to shunt away the RF signal.
-- 
Steve Monett          GE Fanuc Automation - Charlottesville, VA
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