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Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 06:55:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 10 06:55:41 1987
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RE the Avatex modem.
It sounds as though the speaker is on the battery side of the phone line
without a capacitor. Reversing the phone line should solve the  problem.
RE the LASER EX
A member of our group was dead set on buying a Laser.  We went to Columbus
to a dealer who carried them.  He told us that of the 20 he had sold that
year 3 of them had been defective.  The policy was to replace them but the
new ones took several weeks to get.  The one that he had for a demo had a
bad space bar.  Since the ROMS are being constantly 'upgraded' (spelled
changed) the software that worked on one wouldn't necessarily work on
the new one. As to the LASER EX it has not actually been released yet
( as of this visit) although a certain mailorder house has been cheerfully
accepting payment for them for some time now.  In all honesty, after using
the machine, I would not pay more than $150.  No sarcasm intended.