RS>> The cable would be interesting to pursue. Its unusual to have one

 RS>> wire alone blown off in a cable in that situation. Corse its always

 RS>> possible that the cable was flakey, the physical act of disconnecting

 RS>> it during the storm just had the wire come off the pin. Is it a molded

 RS>> cable or one where you can open the connector shell ?



 PM>> From memory it's a molded connector. It does sound unlikely that the

 PM>> storm damaged it. Lets just blame Xiayi for it. After all, she broke the

 PM>> TV set as well.



 PE> I suppose it is unreasonable to suggest that the zap when up

 PE> through the computer, out through the serial port, and then

 PE> melted the cable, or alternatively through the modem and

 PE> out the other side to melt the cable.



Yes, totally unreasonable. Actually, it's no doubt possible but I'd thought
any zap that could damage a cable would also have blown the shit out of
your serial port.





Paul



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