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Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<33e3ba28.451793@news.demon.co.uk>...
> On Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:35:13 GMT, "Tom Bird" <tombird@internet> wrote:
> >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.
> <snip>
> >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.
> 
> Not sure about the ref to a CD light, but on my version (OSR 2.1), the

Stands for Carrier Detect external modems only.  I've also got OSR 2.1 and
it saved about half my hard drive with FAT32 but I preferred the flashing
modem (it responded better and you got a better picture when you double
click it).

> little pair of computers in the system tray don't actually appear
> until the "Logging on to network" window scoots off of the screen. In
> W95 retail, the modem object appears immediately. I have been left
> several times with a dying connection on negotiation, with no
> information about what is going on. FYI, it's a standard IBM OEM fit
> AT&T 33k6 modem, with a Rockwell chipset. And that's quite enough TLAs
> for now!

Bet it takes ages to get rid of the "logging on" box?
-- 
Tom Bird