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echo: aust_modem
to: Peter Collis
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-04-25 08:56:28
subject: Dicey Modem

Peter, at 11:24 on Apr 22 1996, you wrote ...

DD>> It seems that some _expensive_ OS modems have trouble too.

PC>> Care to name brands :-)

DD>> How about a subtle hint?  :-)

DD>> A not inexpensive modem imported form the US of A with a 
DD>> name that resembles three letters does NOT recognise the 
DD>> service tones on some suburban exchanges around Brisbane 
DD>> when flashed with the latest SDLs.

PC> Hmm keep talking like that and we'll kick you out of the USR 
PC> Zelots club, BTW i'm running the modified Nov US code here 
PC> and the modem detects all the service tones without problem.

Ditto.  Russell Brooks is the one with the tone recognition problem.

David
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