Subj : Re: ET phone home
To   : Nick Andre
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Thu Jan 12 2017 06:59 am


NA> On 11 Jan 17  11:23:17, Roger Nelson said the following to Nick Andre:
 
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NA>RN>  NA> KEE numbers to crash upon connection. I'm not sure if the modem
NA>RN>  NA> would be disconnected ;)
 
NA>RN> If D'Bridge crashed, which I now remember that it would under that
NA>RN> circumstance, wouldn't the modem be disconnected automatically?
 
NA> Not necessarily. A system crash, or more specifically a DOS program that
NA> just decides to give-up... does not automatically drop the carrier signal
NA> on a COM port unless its told to do so or a hard-reset is done.
 
It just seems to me that if the program that was using the modem crashed, there 
would no reason for the modem to continue the carrier.
 
NA> I have an archive of the source code for 1.60 I believe, I can take a
NA> look.
 
If you want to, but not necessary for me.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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