BC>RE: SupraFax 28.8 Ext and IM
BC>BY: Wayne Howard to All on Sat Jul 27 1996 09:28 pm
BC> > I just purchased a SupraFax 28.8 Ext via the sysop plan.  It's working
BC> > great, but I am perplexed why my screen saver in Intermail keeps 
etting
BC> > activated.  It's as though the modem is "checking in" every 30 secs. or
BC> > so.  This is my first EXTERNAL modem.  Is this a normal thing?
BC>Yup.  Mine did the same thing.  What it is, is IM continually 
re-initializes
BC>the modem.  Every 5 min. I think.  I called support about it and all they
BC>told 
BC>me was "It's suppose to do that".  So I just turned off the screen saver 
and
BC>called it good.  I am running 3 of the same modems as you and an old Supra
BC>144 
BC>LC with SynchroNet, and have InterMail on my 3rd Node.  I know I wasn't 
much
BC>help, but I hope I cleared things up for you.
BC>Bill Cronkhite
Thanks for your reply... thought I was losing my mind at first.
(Probably was).  The strange thing is that this did not happen with my
INTERNAL USR Sportster 14.4. that I have ben running for a couple years.
I wonder if IM does a more thorough re-initialize of an external.
--Wayne
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