Gary Laming wrote a message to All that said.. 
 GL> Whenever I fire up Telix for the first time on any day, the init
 GL> string that's echoed back is complete rubbish. Any subsequent time
 GL> it's fired up it's fine. It's just an annoyance because I like to see
 GL> if my modem has been init'd correctly. I have tried adding a few
 GL> tildes all to no avail. I'm running Dynalink 33k6s.
My guess is that you turn your computer on and off every day (unlike
those of us who leave them on continually).  Your problem is common.  If
you must see the init string, I recommend this workaround...
If you're using DOS, hit ALT-O, and go to Modem & Dialling.  Then in
your init string, insert the following *before* your existing init
string:
       AT^M~~~
This will grab the modem's attention, and bring things back to reality
so you can see the string go in, and see the modem's response.
Of course, this may be substituted for any AT command you wish.  ATZ,
AT&F, whatever.  The AT is the important part.  If it doesn't work, try
inserting more tilde's.  (~'s)
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