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Question:
ModemLink is
already
connected
to a service,
but
a
LINE DISCONNECTED message
appears
on the
screen.
What
should
I
do?
Answer:
The telephone line has been disconnected.
Press the
IW'Mi;iW'
key to return to
the
start-up menu,
then
redial.
Question:
What should
I
do
if
I
establish a connection
with
a service
and
nothing
happens?
Or what if random
characters
appear
on
the screen.
Answer:
You have a bad telephone
connection. Press the
•• n ii@i;i¥.fli
key
to
return to the start-up
menu,
then
redial.
Question:
As
I
type
on
the
keyboard,
nothing
appears
on
the
screen. What's
wrong?
Answer:
The service isn't echoing the
characters
you
type.
Switch
to
KEYPRESS
ECHO
ON
by pressing the
E2m+D
key
and
typing
3.
Question:
As
I type
on
the
keyboard,
each
character
ap-
pears
twice
on the screen. What's
wrong?
Answer:
Both your computer and the
service
are
echoing
the characters
you
transmit.
Switch
to
KEYPRESS ECHO
OFF
by
pressing the
E2m+D
key
and typing 3.
Question:
Can
I use
my
ATARI
1030 Direct-Connect
Modem and ModemLink
to
communicate with
non-ATARI
computers?
Answer: Yes. Your ATARI 1030 Direct-Connect
Modem
operates at what are
known as
Bell
103
data-transmission
standards-300-bit
(30 characters)
per
second,
full-duplex
transmission
(it
sends and
receives data simultaneously).
This
means
your ATARI computer can
now
exchange
in-
formation with
literally
millions of
similarly
equipped
computer systems.
Question:
We
have
two
extension
phones.
What
happens
if someone picks
up
the
other
phone while
I'm
connected
to a service?
Answer: The information you receive will be
garbled.
To
avoid
this,
disconnect
any
extension
phones
while you're
on line. Don't leave the extension off the hook or you'll
receive garbled data when the extension phone picks
up
any noise.
Question:
My
phone
has the
"call-waiting"
feature-it
beeps if someone tries
to
reach
me
when I'm
already
talking on the
phone.
What
happens if someone calls
while I'm connected
to a
service?
Answer:
Because ModemLink treats the beep as ex-
traneous noise,
you'll
receive garbled information.
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