G'day Derek,

 In a message dated 10 Nov 96 you wrote to Belle Jay:

 BJ>> Take your Touchphone 200 off as it loops the line every 20-40seconds
 BJ>> to charge it's battery back-up.

 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.

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

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

 Cache Ya,                      chutch{at}nwamiga.apana.org.au
 Craig.

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