In a message of 19 Nov 96 Craig Hutchison wrote to me:

G'Day Craig,

 DW>> Nope.  Every 20 or so minutes, not seconds.  Some modems can handle the
 DW>> problem.  My X-Link 33.6k and my Maestro 144FM handle it, my 28.8k
 DW>> Netcomm cannot.

 CH> Fourteen minutes and fifty three seconds was as far as I ever got with
 CH> my Roadster288. Every time.

 CH> I replaced the Touchphone with a Panasonic KTX300 and haven't had a
 CH> problem since. And I can even answer the phone from across the road.
 CH> 8^)

My Netcomm 28.8k would go for around 18-20 minutes before dropping carrier,
my Maestro 14.4 and X-Link 33.6 are both unaffected.

There are a couple of fixes for it.  One involves cutting the capacitor
that maintains the memory, the other involves a chainsaw...


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