Subj : Re: Fiber Optic Update To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jun 24 2020 12:48:00 Barry, BM> Might be a duplicate - I didn't see it upload. Well, this might be a triplicate, if I reply more than twice. DS> That's because this week was next week last week. BM> That's right where I left it! Glad to help you find it. BM> He gets what needs to be done but is still a bit confused because BM> 'stuck' on his workorder stating a different job. Take him down to the BM> basement to where the modem is -- can sort of see his brain fast- BM> forwarding though the steps to get to the 'Install Router' step. Or like the graphic "Installing Spring... Sorry, Spring Not Found In Your Area. Go To Florida Instead??" . But, summer is in full force in ports of the desert southwest...triple digit highs. Our hottest part of the year isn't until mid-August. BM> Actually a fun session: he saw my old-to-antique tube-type oscilloscope BM> on the bench -- vaguely knew what it was. Also decided to have a BM> little tech-fun. I have a few old serial port data switches I haven't BM> figured out if I want to toss of give away (Ky?) so he asked to move BM> and if he could take a picture - so somewhere out there there's a joke BM> picture with a data switch under a fiber-optic modem and router stacked BM> with a caption/comment something like "the customer can't understand BM> why not connecting above 1 Kbps"! :) That explains where the 300 baud router came in. Daryl .... Is The Sysop Gone?? Good!! Now, I can !#@$%&*^ NO CARRIER === MultiMail/Win32 v0.50 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .