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Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.58.0403182118430.26124@dave.horsfall.org> From: dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Subject: Ancient Trivia: +++ath0 On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Cowles, Robert D. wrote: > Hayes implemented a "guard" ... they required a pause between the "+++" > and the following command. When other manufacturers implemented the > command set, they had to make some small changes so they could claim > they hadn't *completely* ripped off the Hayes command set ... they left > out the requirement for the pause. So, on lots of non-Hayes modems, you > could get them to hang up by just sending that string as data (or > including it as data in a ping packet). And another cool trick (implemented by the software, not the modem), was NO CARRIER at the start of a line. <click> :-) (Yes, I used to enjoy picking on DOS users, and still do.) -- Dave Horsfall DTM VK2KFU Loyal Unix user since 1975 Booted from Spamtools for dissing the moderator: www.horsfall.org/levine.mail
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