Anthony, quoting a message on 01/12/93, from you to me:

  >PD> I (accidentally) turned the computer off at a kambrook
  >PD> power-board when the modem was on.

  AM> It's a bit of a worry - I never think twice about turning one
  AM> piece of equipment off that's rs232 connected to something
  AM> else...  In fact, I do it quite a lot.  Unless the switchoff of
  AM> the PC caused some kind of interference/spike back on the mains
  AM> which affected the modem...

  I'm sure it's caused by a power supply spike.  You would think they'd
spend a couple of cents to protect them a bit better.  No wonder they are
so easily taken out by electrical storms.

  AM> So what are you thinking of/have replaced it with?

   Probably a Maestro 14.4, apart from having to be cycled on and off once 
a day, they seem to work alright on prophet.

  Phil.

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