-> The relay in just about any modem is used to pick up and put down the
-> phone.  Pulse dialing is just picking up and slamming down the
-> receiver (switchhook)  at rapid intervals. If this relay goes, the
-> modem  can no longer pick up (or  hang up) the phone line.  Some of
-> the newer modems are using electroopitcal  relays - you can tell if
-> yours has this when you can't hear it pick up or  hang up; the
-> "click" sound is not present.  I think the Supras from the  14.4K
-> models to present have these types of relays, which cannot be "worn
-> out" in the obvious sense of the word.  But I've never opened mine
-> up, so I  have to GUESS on this point.
My Supra 14.4 clicked when dialing...My now Motorola 33.6k does not
click, however...
 
-> A modem with a bad relay can be ressurected by scavenging the hook
-> relay out  of a dead modem if it's the same model, or sometimes even
-> a different model  from the same manufacturer. A few minutes with a
-> soldering iron should do  the trick.
How would one go about locating the device?
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