Check out what Tom Pulles said to Dale Frameli on 29 Dec 96  16:15:00:
 >   I have an Amiga 3000/060, a pair of 28.8k/33.6k SupraFAXmodems and a
 > 115k multi-port serial card.  I'm having a problem (very frustrating)
 > with my ISP :(  I hope this is just a problem with my INIT string,
 > maybe you can tell me if that's what it sounds like to you...
 >   The main problem has been with getting connected and staying
 > connected...  Half the time I cannot complete the logon process, as my
 Tom>    Some Internet providers hang up the line if there is no activity on
 Tom> the line for a while to prevent users from occupying lines that are not
 Tom> really used.
Hmmm, this thought has occured to me, but the time-out period would have to 
be in the range of 5~20 seconds...  That's it, click!  No retrains, just a 
disconnect.  I've had this service for the past 2+ months and not had a 
problem until just this past week.  The ISP Techs have not mentioned a 
timeout period.
 >   Both of my 28.8k SupraFAXmodems (external), are flashed with
 > 1.440-25 and both use the same init string.  I have tried switching
 Tom> How did you flash these. In the instructions from supra it says that
 Tom> AT**
 Tom> puts the modem in flash mode. It doesn't seem to work for me.  Any help
 Tom> would be appreciated. 
Yes, AT** works for me.  Preforming an ATI3 afterwards displays the revision 
of the ROMs currently installed.  I have found however, that it works better 
for me to preform an AT&F2 prior to preforming an AT**.  Give that a try :)
                                                        Thanks, Dale
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