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echo: locsysop
to: David Drummond
from: Bill Grimsley
date: 1996-01-30 07:27:08
subject: USR Courier

David, at 19:31 on Jan 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE>> Busy      AT&D0 H1|

BG> Why a Busy statement?  The modem should respond to BUSY on 
BG> its own (mine does).  I'd be highly inclined to comment this 
BG> out and see how it goes.

DD> It is considered polite practice amoung BBS operators to busy out the phone 
DD> line while the system is doing something else (tossing mail etc).

True, but I'd actually forgotten the purpose of Bink's BUSY keyword.  For
some strange reason, I thought it dictated how the modem would react to its
own busy response on an outbound call.  Must be the oppressive heat up
here...  :)

Regards, Bill

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