Re: Modem woes

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From: Bible Anthony E
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 20:18

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In article <75904@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v113px6j@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
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>Hi.  I just got a Hayes 2400 baud modem for my Mac, but as usual it's 
>driving me crazy.  I'm using Kermit (hey, it's free) but when I imput 
>"atdt xxx-xxxx" to make it dial I run into a glitch.  It gets a dial 
>tone and then I hear the touch tone beeps as it dials.  Then nothing 
>happens.  I think it could be because I don't have touch tone service 
>and that's why the tones don't get any results.  If this is true how do 
>I make my modem simulate a rotary phone? 

	I believe "atd xxx-xxxx" is the Hayes command for rotary dial-up.
The extra "t" in "atdt" stands for touch-tone.

	You might also want to verify you have kermit setup for the proper
speed, parity, stop-bits for the host you are calling.  Sorry, I do not know
what the Kermit set-up stuff is; I use something else.

tony

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Subject: Re: Modem woes
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