John_Hicks@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (John Hicks) (01/06/91)
FSC-Control: EID:fe79 16271cc0 FSC-Control: PID: RA 0.04 031 I have an amstrad ppc640 with internal modem. The computer came with the mirror 2 comms program as part of the package and the documentation was included in the ppc manual as a result. It said in the docs at the conclusion of the mirror docs (for the integral modem) NOT to try and run the modem using battery power. I took this to be the internal batteries and thought the reason would be because of the power drain on them. I connected up a 12 volt 6.5 Amp-hour battery to the supplied cigarette lighter adapter cord to power the computer and therefore the modem and everything seemed to work fine, for a while. Anyway, I let the battery drain of power while still using the internal modem so getting a high pitched whistle out of the ppc's speaker (this happens when the internal batteries are getting drained and are an indication they need changing (when using the pc for ordinary purposes and not for modem!) After that, the mirror 2 software kept crashing on me even though I made a fresh copy from the original disk. Other comms software works really well (I'm currently using procomm) with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Can anyone suggest what has happened to the mirror software. It HAS been virus tested and is clean (SCAN V.67). Thanks. --- * Origin: Genesis - The Home of Magnum - Christchurch *NZ* (3:770/110) SEEN-BY: 770/101 110 115 771/110 170 180 772/20 140 774/501 FSC-Control: PATH: 770/110 101 772/20 771/170