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Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00
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Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<33d9c577.2722542@news.demon.co.uk>...
> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 05:23:18 +0100, Warren Ward
> <warren@artpages.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the
> >corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem.
> 
> This is the version of DUN included in OSR2.1. It has already been
> replaced :-) 
> 
> After 6 attempts, you'd have thought that they would have got it
> right..
> 
> Incidentally, the "winking computers" give you less information than
> before, as they only appear *after* a connection has been made. You
> have to use a telephone handset or guesswork to see if teh othr
> modem's died during connection ..
> 

Very strange...  My modem's got a speaker and the Rockwell chipset which
doesn't cut the speaker until a second before the CD light comes on.

> Hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk
> 
> Note: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
> represent the opinions of the opinionated person expressing the
> opinion. Or something.
> 

Talk about cross-posting.


-- 
Tom Bird

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works at all.

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From: "Tom Bird" <tombird@internet>
Subject: Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Date: 1997/08/01
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