Jonathan, at 02:41 on Dec 18 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

. . .[chomp]. . .

JG> Also, I once saw an avtek (spew) which said in the manual 
JG> that you needed to use an avtek cord from the wall socket to 
JG> the modem otherwise you void the austel permit.

JG> Personally I don't give a shit, how many people follow these 
JG> useless rules?

Many of us who provide public access systems and are advertised as doing
so.  If Austel/Telstra wish to make an example of someone, a public BBS
will be a better target than some little kid...

David
@EOT:

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