Peter, at 09:23 on Apr 12 1996, you wrote ...

WH>> Can't seem to get it to dial out - error message "No dial 
WH>> tone" I can dial into it - no worries

WH>> Any guru wanting to help - feel free

PC>> An easy one, just set the X setting to 3 by typing ATX3 
PC>> 
PC>> and it will work, all this is doing is telling the modem to
PC>> ignore dial tone detection, some cheap OS modems have 
PC>> trouble detecting our dial tone.

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

PC> Care to name brands :-) 

How about a subtle hint?  :-)

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

David
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