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to: RICK COLLINS
from: JOHN RANGER
date: 1997-11-10 16:03:00
subject: BUZY SIGNALS! The Final Chapter

Rick Collins wrote in a message to John Ranger:
RC> Hi John,
RC> In a message to All, And Patrick Mccullough you wrote:
 JR> nope but here's what I did find. Since this is working in
 JR> BINKLEY.CFG, what was needed was to place it here.
 >>Baud      38400
 >>Port      2
 >>Prefix    ATDTX4
 >>placing it at any point in the Init string didn't work but
 >> placing it here does
RC> I have a hard time believing you here.  I would believe you if the
RC> string was ATX4DT, or even ATX4D, but certainly _not_ ATDTX4
Gee, then please explain " WHY " I would post this if it didn't?
If Binkley is such an ART, does this make your way the only game in town?
RC> Why?  Simple.  The "D" command means "dial", the "T" modifier means
RC> "Tone", and essentially the only other thing acceptable after that
RC> is a dial string.  If you want to send the X4 command, you _don't_
RC> include it where the modem is expecting a dial string.
RC> And there is _no_ reason why the X4 cannot be included in the init,
RC> _if_ you preceed the init with AT and follow it with |.  That's what
RC> Bink expects, and if Bink doesn't get what it expects, if won't do
RC> what you want. 
RC> Rick
RC> ___ 
RC>  - Origin: Co-Moderator, USR_MODEMS (1:163/215.39)
    ***********************  John aka RANGER  *************************** 
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