SC> Vmodem will not start without a tcpip connection 
 SC> running.  However, once it is started, it will stay up 
 SC> when the connection goes down.  You will never know it 
 SC> is there because it uses no (very little) cpu time.
Actually, if you have at least one tcp-ip setup available--even the loopback 
protocol--Vmodem will start. I know this because I start it from the startup 
folder, and the ISP connection takes several minutes to start up, but VMODEM 
starts up right away.
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