On Tuesday, November 12 1996, Steve Henson wrote to All ...

 SH> I have mutliline Ezycom BBS.  A few times now the when users logon, Ezycom
 SH> answers the phone, but it goes straight to dial tone before the remote
 SH> modem seems to initiate. (they then have to wait until the modem times-out
 SH> and resets itself).

Does the dial tone emit at the same time as the modem handshake? This
sometimes happens here. An inbound modem call will start to handshake
normally, and then the line will emit a dial tone, followed by a busy tone.

 SH> Could this be Ezycom?  As the modems were working fine before and this
 SH> rarely happened.

Doubtful. If what you're describing fits my description, it's just one of
those annoying things that happens from time to time.

 SH> Does anyone have a good INIT string for Ezycom, or is the default or ATZ
 SH> recommended?

Configure your modem's profile, adjusting any settings as necessary, and
then use ATZ thereafter. When using multiple communications programs, using
ATZ as your init string is much easier than remembering init strings and
configuring your various comms packages accordingly.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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