Problems when I log onto the PCUG BBS

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From: David H. Friedman
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 21:18

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.  I know that the IBM-PCUG BBS has been going through some software
changes lately, and there have been periods of trouble with some of
the modems. Lately, whenever I get on, I'll get spurious noise
characters occurring in random bursts. Also, whenever I'm at one of
the color menus and I enter a character, instead of going directly to
the next menu, my screen will clear and I'll get the prompt

Command:

which seems to be satisfied if I just hit C/R.

   The random characters make it very difficult to enter a message to
the sysops. If I try to enter a file offline and upload it, the random
characters mess up my selections on the protocol menu.

   Has anyone else been noticing this? I don't think it's my phone
line (from home, that is, in Burlington, MA) - I use CompuServe with
no problems at all. It may be the particular path from my 617/270-
exchange to the BBS 2400 baud members' line.

dhf

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Subject: Problems when I log onto the PCUG BBS
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