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- From: tomiii@mtu.edu (Thomas Dwyer III)
- Subject: Re: Disconnect Phantom
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.142709.22860@mtu.edu>
- Organization: Michigan Technological University
- References: <1992Sep5.034957.3024@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 14:27:09 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep4.091759.4300@nntp.hut.fi> tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand) writes:
- >> tsand@vipunen.hut.fi
- >>TEX disconnects, dial again for another session.
- >>D;+vC)?iH%"
- >>NO CARRIER
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Keep this crap out of your posts!!
- >
- >For those not dialing in on modems - it makes my modem think the session
- >has ended. When I reconnect - I find that the session is still active.
- >Has this caused anyone else any problems, like disconnecting without properly
- >logging out and closing the session?
- >Flames, jokes, sarcasm, etc. are the expected hazards of participating
- >in the newsgroups, but keep your posts off of our hardware!!!!!!
- >
-
- I find it hard to believe that your modem sees that string and hangs
- up the line for you. I suspect it's probably more like some slimy
- terminal program that looks for "NO CARRIER" instead of watching the
- DTR line like it should be doing. Try switching terminal programs
- and read that article again.
-
-
- Cheers,
- Tom.III
- tomiii@mtu.edu
-