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bad modem~r{_

    31-Dec-91 01:03:35
Sb: #44631-bad modem~r{_
Fm: Trevor Laib 72310,2647
To: Jeff Pratt 76057,3645
Jeff P. I once had to drive from Portland to Estacada, and noticed that I was going to pass through Boring, Or. on the way. I thought, "Gee, I gotta be sure to see this place." Despite my vigilance, I abruptly found myself in Estacada, having missed Boring entirely during the night. Must be a well-named place! Regarding modems, mine is momentarily behaving, but threatens to get weird any moment. I have an old Avatex 2400 which always runs at about 110 degrees F. In fact, I sent the first one back to the company on the grounds that it had to be malfunctioning to generate all that heat. Do the other brands get anywhere close to this hot? Might my modem be slowly frying itself? My problems also seem to get worse when the thing's been on for a while… Actually, I'm quite surprised at how well behaved the dodad is today… when I left my last message, I had to go into chat modem and erase frantically as more and more spurious characters kept showing up. ————————————————————TL———-