[comp.dcom.modems] A paeon for modem manufacturers

rfarris@serene.CTS.COM (Rick Farris) (09/06/88)

(Sung to the tune of "It's Busted")


			It's Busted

The modem is sluggish,
The software is buggish,
It's busted.

The input is wacky,
The output is tacky,
It's busted.

Bit timing is wierd,
Decoding has queered;

Fault Status is red,
And the power is dead;

The errors are torrent,
This thing is abhorrent,
It's busted.

The demod won't talk
And the Coarse loop won't lock,
It's busted.

The mixers are shorted,
The I.F. distorted,
It's busted.

There's noise in the clocks
And the quadrature balks,

The filters are frapped
And the NOVRAM is zapped,

The whole thing is cursed,
The I.C.'s have burst.
It's busted.

No good.
It's dead.
You want it when?


				-- Druff


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