Rick Tavan wrote:
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I then reversed the cable -
> plugged the C1 end into C2 and vice versa. Instead of following one end
> of the cable, the problem just went away
Well, my opinion is you have a bad connection at some point in the
cable, and when you reversed it, you " accidentally?" fixed it.
> Second, unrelated question: The machines got out of synch. I think one
> of the machines was unattended too long, possibly went catatonic and
> missed some QSOs. I think I need to defeat all screen savers, power-save
> standby functoins, etc. Right?
Screen savers are a waste of resources, and easily done away with. Not
as easy as it sounds on the power save, standby, ect since they are
usually a function of the BIOS.
Only cure I can think of is a TSR which "pings" the machine a few
seconds before the items mentioned occur.
73
Ed
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