Coridon Henshaw wrote in a message to John Ranger:
CH> On Wednesday November 05 1997 at 13:52, John Ranger wrote to ALL,
CH> and Patrick McCullough:
 JR>> Init       v`^`&f&C1&D2X4
 CH>> No Binkley init string is going to do any good unless it's prefixed
 CH>> with 'at' and suffixed with a '|' symbol.
 JR> AAANHH! WRONG!
CH> Absolutely not.  Use PMLM (or similar) to _watch_ exactly what
CH> Binkley sends to the modem.
and I use both. "|" and no "|".
CH> init ATZ1
CH> Bink sends: 'ATZ1'
CH> Modem replies (echos back): 'ATZ1'
CH> Notice that the modem never said OK, meaning that it hasn't
CH> processed the command.
I notice my new Mototola 28,8 reports back "ERROR" and still carries out the 
command, so?
CH> init v`^`&f&C1&D2X4
CH> Bink sends: (DTR down)(DTR up)&f&C1&D2X4
CH> Modem replies: &f&C1&D2X4
CH> There is no 'at'.  There is no OK, again meaning that the command
CH> was not processed.
CH> init ATZ1|
CH> Bink sends: ATZ1[CR]
CH> Modem replies: ATZ1[CR][CR][LF]OK[CR][LF]
CH> This time, there is both 'at' and OK, so the modem has processed the
CH> command. 
CH> init AT&f&C1&D2X4| will do what you expect, assuming it is a valid
CH> command for your modem.
CH> You are wrong.  Period.
CH> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DO hall monitors run in your family?
 >> Prefix    ATDTX4
CH> Isn't going to work.  Bink will send ATDTX4[phone number] when it
CH> tries to dial a system.  Most modems aren't going to like that very
CH> much.
and this one was trouble from the day it arrived, or have you never had a 
strange modem?
 JR> To those that kept missing the DOCS portion of our program...
CH> Setting up Binkleyterm is a black art.  While the docs are
CH> technically correct, they do not tell you everything you need to
CH> know.  BT-REF does not say that you must prefix your init with AT or
CH> end it with a CR (represented as |), because it is assumed that Bink
CH> users will have an IQ high enough above room temperature to figure
CH> it out for themselves.
AS I would like to assume the same for some FIDO Users.
 JR> ill think of you in my prayers...
CH> And I'll burn a chicken for you.
GREAT! The coven meets tommorow, I'l save a pentagram with YOUR Name on it!
We'ld love to have you..
    ***********************  John aka RANGER  ***************************
---> You'll love my mother, and the other cult members too!
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