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From: robin@ccb.ucsf.edu (Robin Colgrove)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: help! modem is dying!
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Date: 10 Apr 89 01:11:09 GMT
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help!
sorry for a novice question
but i need some quick advice
and couldn't think of anything better than 
asking "News" for any group with the word modem in it.
i hop this is not a horribly inappropriate place for this.
anyway,

my trusty old (~6 yr) prometheus promodem 1200
is going down, i fear.
it has gradually developed a pattern of not showing
a "MR" modem ready light when turned on and can only
be cured by unplugging the power altogether and letting it
sit for >1 hr. before retrying.
questions:
1 is this a sign of immanent collapse?
2 what happens if I circumvent by never turning it off? 
3 since i'll eventually want to get a new modem,
  anybody got any good reviews of
  1200vs2400vs9600
  internal vs external (Mac II)
  data vs data+fax
  hayes standard vs ??

thanx
robin