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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: 16550 detection
Message-ID: <CywsH9.K05@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 17:55:56 GMT
References: <jonkCyo2Au.239@netcom.com> <Cyp2ws.MIq@bonkers.taronga.com> <jonkCypCzF.Jrq@netcom.com>
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In article <jonkCypCzF.Jrq@netcom.com> jonk@netcom.com (Jonathan Dale Kirwan) writes:
>: Finally, external modems make great external fuses for minor power surges
>: over the phone line. I'd rather not have that plugged into my bus.
>
>In the US, at least, phone lines theoretically have to have adequate
>arresters before the line enters the house or building...

Arresters -- to the extent that they protect your side of things at all, 
as opposed to protecting the phone company's hardware -- are directed at 
preventing fires, not damage to electronics.  That's a whole different
order of magnitude, offering no useful protection for your modems.
-- 
Justice for groups that doesn't include justice    |       Henry Spencer
for individuals is a mockery.                      |   henry@zoo.toronto.edu