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From: R38@PSUVM.BITNET (aka Marc Rifkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Night of the Living Dead Modems
Message-ID: <35621R38@PSUVM>
Date: 10 Mar 88 23:45:42 GMT
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Organization: The Pennsylvania State University - Computation Center
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I too had an Avatex (1200), and it worked fine until after a few weeks,
when it died, not responding to any commands/calls and exhibiting strange
light signals.  But, I did never figure out what was wrong, and I sent
it back to the place that I bought it from (Megatronics, I believe) and
they sent me a new model that works to this day.
 All I can offer for explanation is that these modems are probably not
amply protected against whatever stresses (electrical) that they may
be subject to.
 Another thing, not entirely related, but when I ordered my modem, they
asked if I had an Amiga so they could send a cable.  It turned out they
sent me the cable matched for the A1000, and I have a 500.  I had to
go and get a gender changer.  But that was good, because the adapter
only passed through the necessary pins for serial communication,
so that the 500's zany voltages did not reach the modem.
Well, good luck and bye...
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