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Re: Demon new telephone numbers...

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From: Steve Taylor
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <DuEFLy.Ksv@cix.compulink.co.uk>, "\"James Aubrey\""
<jaubrey@cix.compulink.co.uk> writes
>
>for the London area, the only problem being that there is no ringing tone 
>when
>dialed, nos won't talk to demon with out it

Yes it will, most of the time. I forget what is the deciding factor. 

, no resolving host, no PC clock thingy or anything 
someone did suggest typing 'ifconfig s10 up' but this produces an
>error about s10?

Because you should be typing "ifconfig sl0 up" not "ifconfig s10 up"
It is SL0 (standing for Serial Line 0 IIRC)

>Also why do I get an syntax error 501 while online uploading usenet
>files?

It is not actually an error and does not prevent the uploads. Treat it as
confirmation of a successful upload! :-)
-- 
Steve Taylor <sptaylor@pobox.com>      http://pobox.com/~sptaylor
Based in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, UK.    Cellnet: +44 802 226256
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