Arthur, at 23:58 on Nov 02 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

. . .[chomp]. . .

DD>>> The Austel addendum to my Courier manual says that the 
DD>>> use of B1 will rende the modem non-approved.  To dial 
DD>>> out forcing HST requires B1 to be set (as opposed to 
DD>>> the authorised B0).

AM> Austel refuse to do anything about clarifying that the B1 
AM> only applies to ANSWERING CALLS, so the problem is between 
AM> whomever was responsible for homologation and Austel, and 
AM> IMAO no-one could be convicted for using B1 as a dial string 
AM> as long as the modem didn't answer with B1.

I can only relate it as I read it.  The addendum did NOT say "mustn't
be used as an answer string", rather "Use B0 ONLY".

David
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