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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: getty patches
To: giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean)
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> > Right.  I guess I was really asking "why does a modem need to be
> > initialized again if it was already initialized?  Does initialization
> > (somehow) 'wear off'?".
> 
> Yup, a regular problem on some models.  (Not one I've seen for a
> while, I admit, but I am very choosy about the modems I buy.)

UGH.  It makes me want to complain that X doesn't support my CGA card.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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