On Wed 10 Apr at 14:51 Warwick Empson (3:712/505) wrote to All:

 WE> I hope someone here can give me an answer?
 WE> I have a USR Sportster v34+ (33600). I have considerable 
 WE> difficulty making this modem connect to the 3 BBS's 
 WE> which I mainly log on to. More often than not, the modem 
 WE> will make 2 rings, and then drop out, and cycle to the 
 WE> next number I have marked. The comms program, (Telix for 
 WE> Windows) will show the message "Last attempt busy". 

Sounds like the modem is falsely detecting busy signal. You could use an X?
command to "blind dial" and not attempt busy signal detection.

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