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Re: XM301+1050=0

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From: Neil Harris
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1986 17:18
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In article <1373@voder.UUCP>, kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) writes:
> 
>    I've owned an Atari XM301 modem for about a month now and it's been working
> just fine with my old 810 disk drive, recently I got a brand new 1050 drive
> and the XM301 won't work with it!  The problem is in loading the modem soft-
> ware.  When you boot the system the drive runs for about 5 seconds then stops
> and waits for about 10-15 seconds, then it loads a bit more, then it waits a
> bit, and so on...  It took almost 10 minutes to load 1030 EXPRESS! and other
> modem programs are just as bad.
>    This is a stock Atari 800 with 48k and the revision B OS with a stock XM301
> and a stock 1050.  The 1050 otherwise works fine, so I don't suspect it, and
> the modem loads fine with my old 810, so I don't suspect the modem but a
> combination of the 1050 and the XM301.
>   When I told the dealer where I bought the modem from about the problem he
> thought I was insane (maybe, but besides the point).  Anyone have any ideas?
> 

Please call Mark Jansen in Atari Customer Relations IMMEDIATELY.  His number
is 408-745-2004.
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From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari8
Subject: Re: XM301+1050=0
Message-ID: <361@atari.UUcp>
Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 13:18:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: atari.361
Posted: Thu Jun 19 13:18:53 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Jun-86 10:31:59 EDT
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