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echo: suprafax
to: RICHARD CAVIN
from: PATRICK MOORE
date: 1996-08-23 14:07:00
subject: LOCKUP PROBLEM

RC>PM>         Interesting.   TBBS here just keeps "hitting" at a modem
RC>PM>         until it comes back, or provides a valid CONNECT message,
RC>PM>         or the end of time.
RC>PM>         I would likely say that if you set S30=90 (15 minutes)
RC>PM>         and the system has looped without good results for 20
RC>PM>         minutes that its time for an automated alert...
RC>I set S30 to 6 minutes (my bbs no activity is 4 minutes) and put an
RC>autoloop in my batch file for frontdoor to keep reloading. I
RC>'manually' tested it by turning the modem off so it would not
RC>re-init. The modem has not locked up since I made the changes to the
RC>batch file ao I don't have a real test yet.
        Hopefully it will not. :-)
-Patrick Moore
 Sysop of Supra BBS 
CMPQwk1.42 331þSupraSONIC 288V+ has V.34 / Voice / FLASHROM / 28 char LCD 
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