Hi, Bill.

BG> Frank, at 19:41 on Mon, Mar 27 1995, you wrote to Rod Speed ...

BG> RS> Or you could get a real modem. Jeeze, two of the biggest duds known to
BG> man,
BG> RS> you really do get sucked into some doozys dont you boy ? |-)

BG> FM> The 1234 fell off the back of an office, no other problem with the
BG> Spirit
BG> FM> apart from when it somehow got wine inside it... When I used to read
BG> FM> Aust_Modem there seemed to be many others worse.

BG> Not too many though.  In fact, I'd rate the Spirit as being one of the most
BG> troublesome V.32bis modems ever made (and never fixed by Digicom either),
BG> with Maestros a fairly close second.  Of course, I have totally excluded an
BG> reference to Interlink, as one of the main prerequisites of a modem is that
BG> they're supposed to work at least some of the time, and they don't.

BG> Sorry if it appears that I'm slagging off at your modem, but I am.  |-)

Sure, I'm just saying I've not seen that problem behaviour. But I
wouldn't class myself as a heavy user.

Regards, FIM.

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