Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!35002_3025
From: 35002_3025@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: modem problems
Message-ID: <1933@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 22 Mar 89 16:19:33 GMT
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Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada

In article <12724@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) writes:
> 
> I bought a used 1040st system from someone.  Included in this package
> deal was a 1200 baud Avatex modem.  I saw this person using the system
> before I packed it up and I didn't notice any problems but as soon as
> I brought the system home and set it up I had problems.
> 
> The problem is not that serious its just annoying.  Whenever I use the modem
> to connect I get the characters '}i' periodically in my text.  The host
> computer doesn't seem to notice anything wrong.  These extra characters 
> seem to appear about once every minute or so.  Occasionally the characters
> 'ok' appear and sometimes a line of garbage comes in.  
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> dav
> 
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