Ben, at 12:41 on Nov 27 1996, you wrote to Colleen Kenny ...

BM> CK -=> I know, its a cheap and nasty but he wanted me to get
BM> CK -=>on-line.  However, the problem lies in that we lost 
BM> CK -=>the original dial string and the one that we devised 
BM> CK -=>only let's us call once then we have to shut down the 
BM> CK -=>program and re-open it again to dial again . Now does 
BM> CK -=>anyone know of a versital string that we could use all 
BM> CK -=>the time.

BM> Some American modems don't recognise Australian dialtones. 
BM> Mine doesn't. My Init string is ATX3. The x3 makes it 
BM> recognise the dialtone. this might work on yours, then again 
BM> it might not.

X3 does NOT make your modem recognise Australian dialtone.  It may well
make it ignore the fact that it doesn't recognise it though (and dial
blind).

David
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