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Article #4434Re: Is it a modem -- or a radio?!
From: Matthew Mashyna
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 15:38
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 15:38
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Lou@cup.portal.com writes: >I have a problem that's cropped up only recently. >When I dial, there is a small pause after the modem completes >its dialing sequence and before it actually connects with the other >computer. In that pause, I hear music, news, weather reports, etc. >coming out of the modem's speaker. Apparently this stuff is from >a radio station (as opposed to aliens or KGB agents). Is the phone in an area with a multi-line connection ? I had a modem on a five line phone that would play what every radio station the hold button would force on waiting customers. It was a bit muted, though. I figured it for poor shielding in the main phone box. Matt "have you heard the voices?" Mashyna Macintosh Initiative H&SS Dean's Office Carnegie Mellon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mm5l+ From: mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Is it a modem -- or a radio?! Message-ID: <MZ3G=au00iLOA7fEs9@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Sep 89 15:38:14 GMT References: <22020@cup.portal.com> Organization: Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: <22020@cup.portal.com>