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89044 2002-10-14 04:51:00 Perhaps we should use valve front ends for the modems. The USSR kept on using valves for their aircraft equipment --- resistant to EMP.:D

A valve modem would be more useful than the new Aopen motherboard with a dual triode in its onboard sound unit (which uses a Sovtek 6922).
Graham L (2)
89045 2002-10-14 04:51:00 Being inner city with all services undergroud lightning is not a bother to me.
However at the beggining of last year my better ½ got a upgrade plus when her well insured computer died as a result of lightning strike on the phone lines..
The new computer was a substantual improvement on the old one, complete with scanner as well!!...... Hows youur insurance?
Clueless (181)
89046 2002-10-14 04:55:00 >>> Hows youur insurance?

my computers are well insured :D

Mike.
Mike (15)
89047 2002-10-14 06:01:00 Let's see... switched on {adsl}modem on mid June 2002... hmmm haven't turned it off yet.

Babe.
Babe Ruth (416)
89048 2002-10-14 09:34:00 I did around 2-3 months connected download/uploading heavily on dialup and it worked fine. -=JM=- (16)
89049 2002-10-15 08:29:00 Yep Lightning works underground too. We had Telecom looking at our phone lines for lightening strikes a few years ago. Some sort of electronic toy that measures the distance down the line to where the damage is. Otherwise its very hard to spot, apparently the wires get fried into particles inside the insulation and, if they are arranged properly, will pass the messages OK But if a heavy truck goes by it can upset everything Bingo! bitrate zero or definatley substandard. Rod ger (316)
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