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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!yale!admiral!drlecter
- From: drlecter@admiral.uucp (Ackbar Rajapurus)
- Subject: Re: PPI modems...
- Reply-To: drlecter@admiral.uucp (Ackbar Rajapurus)
- Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 01:31:44 GMT
- Message-ID: <L4DBwB2w164w@admiral.uucp>
- References: <gDq0VB1w164w@admiral.uucp>
- Sender: waffle@admiral.uucp (Waffle BBS User)
- Lines: 35
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- spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:
-
- > Does any sysop out there actually have a PPI modem that works as well
- > as your old 2400?...problem-free?...This is my second PPI 14.4FXSA
- > and its even worse than the last one...this time, I can't handshake
- > and negotiate with anyone like last time, and my board gets killed
- > because
- > the modem can't identify when people hangup on it, so it won't drop
- > carrier...but this time, the LCD screen was installed incorrectly, so
- > I can't read the two two pixel lines of the display....this is a
- > disgrace....I really wish I had had enough money to buy a USR modem..
- > 1.15M, 1.21, what's the difference?...my modem is just plain bad...
- > I
- > 've already tried both chips....the modem quality is just really horrible
- > and unless you have ideal conditions, (optical line, and only calling
- > other PPI's), the modem stinks.
- >
- > --
- > spyder%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Eric) <yale!admiral!spyder>
- > The Admiral's Public UNIX - Greenwich, CT - System Administrator: Doug Fields
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-
- too bad Spydie.. I knew you should have dropped the $$$ for a USR, or at
- least something with name-recognition.. But when i call at 2400, there
- really aren't any problems.. cheer up!
-
- merry christmas
-
- --
- drlecter%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Ackbar Rajapurus) <yale!admiral!drlecter>
- The Admiral's Public UNIX - Greenwich, CT - System Administrator: Doug Fields
- (HST/V32) (203)661-2873 -- (PEP/V32) -1279 -- (V32) -0450 -- (V29/MNP6) -2967
- >FREE!< Unix shell accounts, Usenet access, and Internet-style mail available
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