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: To William David Haas (mail sent to you get bounced... Sorry)

>Whenever I use the modem
>to connect I get the characters '}i' periodically in my text. 

Well, if the host computer does not see those garbage chars, then
the line hits are probably coming fron some house appliance connected
on the same 110V line as your ST. My Atari SX212 1200 bauds modem never 
gave me this trouble, but I upgraded to a 2400 bauds Practical Peripheral
modem. And since then, each time my refrigerator starts its electric motor, 
I get the same kind of local garbage. So just see if one of your appliances
is causing the trouble. If it's an appliance belonging to your neighbor,
offer him a power spike filter, or buy one for yourself.

Good luck.

Oh, BTW: if the culprit happens to be your refrigerator, turning it off
during the connection might be the simplest solution. However, don't forget
to turn it on again (believe me, it does no good to your milk. I made this
mistake once).

Regards,

     Frederic Mora                              GEnie:
     The College of William and Mary            F.MORA
     Dept. of Computer Science                  INTERNET:
     Williamsburg, VA. 23185                    fjmora@cs.wm.edu
     USA                                        

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