Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!rocksvax!sunybcs!ugbowen From: ugbowen@sunybcs.UUCP (Devon Bowen) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: 1670 modem repair Message-ID: <3083@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-Apr-86 11:37:51 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.3083 Posted: Tue Apr 22 11:37:51 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Apr-86 06:30:32 EST References: <410@marque.UUCP> Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 23 In article <410@marque.UUCP>, dennisf@marque.UUCP (flaherty) writes: > > My modem, however, has a problem. You see, it's quite incon- > siderate. It works just fine if my disk drive is turned on while I > use my modem. That's its trick. When I think it's going fine and turn > the disk drive off for the night, the modem becomes nasty if I want to > dial out ("ATD..."). After the modem dials the number, it waits no more > than a half second when SUDDENLY it spits out a bunch of loud glitches, > mostly x's, which knock me off the line!! How obnoxious! I'm certainly not an expert on cbm hardware, but I know I can't turn off my disk drive while my printer is printing. Even though they are not related. It has something to do with the random power surges (?) present when turning the system on or off send signals to the computer that all hardware is turned off. Maybe your modem problem is related to this. (Like I say, I'm no expert.) What do you mean by "near Hayes compatible"? I'm in the market for a 1200 baud modem and would like Hayes compatibility. Devon E University of Buffalo