Re: (PM) Really weird problem

Mark Zedwick (zedwickm@proaxis.com)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:15:12 -0700

Same here. This was a users machine, and I finally took a laptop out to his
place to show him his phone line was fine. He called Sony, and they had him
run the System Restore, and *poof*, it worked. :)

At 12:26 PM 7/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I had the same thing happen on my Sony right out of the box. I reinstalled
>using the System CD . Everything worked wonderfully.
>
>Kevin
>
>On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, David Glynn wrote:
>
>> I've never seen one like this. Maybe someone else can give me a hint.
>>
>> PM-3, CT-1, ComOS 3.8b13, everything working as well as can be expected in
>> GTE country. We have one user with a Sony VAIO desktop computer who cannot
>> connect, either with the Sony modem or an external modem we attached. PPP
>> decode gives us a username that looks like gibberish, made up of such
>> exotic characters as over bars, and even what appears to be an italic f,
>> and the password looks to be the same type of gibberish. Ripped out and
>> replaced DUN, same result. Upgraded to DUN 1.2, applying the TCP upgrade
>> beforehand, still the same results.
>>
>> Any ideas? I've never seen anything like this, and frankly, I'm stumped.
>>
>> David Glynn "When you're swimming in the creek
>> dglynn@mathware.com And an eel bites your cheek
>> That's a Moray!" - The Freak Bros.
>
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