More info on the odd behaviour of my courier.  To recap

Firstly the symptoms.  On certain occasions (when the moon is in the right
quarter?) the modem flat out refuses to dial out.  When dial out is
attempted the following happens:-

    start:  TR MR RS CS leds all on.
    dial:   OH comes on for up to 1 second, speaker on and start of dial 
            tone heard.
            OH and MR leds both go off after 1 second.
            MR stays off for 2-3 seconds then CS flashed (retrain?) and MR
            and CS leds come back on.
    finish: TR MR RS CS leds all on.

The modem worked beautifully on monday to saturday last week, showed the
above behaviour on sunday and worked beautifully monday and tuesday.  

Do you suppose it has got religious on me?  Has anyone got a spell or
incantation that will make it work on sunday?

Changing the date probably won't work so don't suggest that as a cure.  :-(

My current theory is that there may be something different in the dial tone
on sunday due to loading effects.  A bit on the whacky side but I can't
think of anything else.

Regards ... John
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