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From: diamond@hubcap.UUCP (David Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Night of the Living Dead Modems
Message-ID: <1124@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 88 16:19:54 GMT
References: <857@scgvaxd.UUCP> <35621R38@PSUVM>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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Summary: Avatex 1200 modems ,zombies,etc

In article <35621R38@PSUVM>, R38@PSUVM.BITNET (aka Marc Rifkin) writes:
> 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

  I have been thru 3 Avatex 1200s myself. 2 of the supposedly "fully"
compat's that weren't and am now on the 3rd which is 1200hc
   .
>  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
  
  You hit it square on the head! My first two were dead within a week of
each other due to surges in the phone lines due to a lightning storm in
the area
  When I called Avatex, One of the engineers made the comment that the
1200's are extremely suspect about handling any type of phone line surge,spike
or whatever. They did offer a 25$ fix or replace settlement. In which they
would either fix it if damage was minimal or replace it if it was beyond
the point of no return. Imagine my surprise though when I received the newer
1200hc's. Now this is the way all hardware upgrades should be done.
 .
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