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- From: millevil@acsu.buffalo.edu (Andrew Milleville)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Help! Modem possessed!!
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 18:09:30 GMT
- Organization: University at Buffalo
- Message-ID: <4etk0q$a1m@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- U18183@uicvm.uic.edu wrote:
- : I was wondering if anyone could guess whats happening here:
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- : I have a 14.4 Internal Gateway Telepath modem which has served me fine lo
- : these many (2) years. One day, I leave for a vacation, come back 2 weeks
- : later and blammo - the modem has disconnected my telephone for at least a
- : week (based on the last message I have on an answering machine). The
- : computer was turned off the whole time.
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- : Now, the modem will not work. When I plug the phone line in, I get
- : disconnected phone immediately and the modem will not dial.
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- : I have a strange feeling that a power surge went thru the phoneline or
- : my dog was screwing with the computer while I was gone.
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- : Anything I can do? Is it worth fixing?
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- : Thanks,
- : Paul PJS@uic.edu
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- You're probably right about the power surge, but not about the dog.
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- Andy Milleville
- millevil@eng.buffalo.edu
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