On Feb 05, 1997 at 19:08 hrs, Dave Hatch of 3:711/808 wrote to John Clarke:

Hello Dave,

 DH> On Feb 02 15:00 97, John Clarke of 3:713/730 wrote:

JC>> I have been getting some rather odd behaviour from the Courier lately 
JC>> and can't put the finger on the cause.  Anyone wanna have a chew on 
JC>> this is welcome.

 DH> IMHO, you've met a S3 "upgrade".  The dial tone has changed.

It still sounds like the single tone ARE dial tone.  Could this change with
loading?  The problem seems to be happening on sundays for some reason I
can't work out.

JC>> I've tried X5 which should have told it to blind dial with no effect.  
JC>> I have increased S8 to 10 seconds with no change.  I have also tried 
JC>> &d0 and &d2 settings to no avail.

 DH> I'm fiddling with X3 for such sites.

OK I'll try that as well when the problem returns - probably this sunday.  

This funny behaviour does wonders for my idea of a quiet wander through the
Internet while the BBS backs itself up to tape - I don't think.

Regards ... John
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