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Message-ID: <1079620556.7781.7.camel@wilbur.ir.telekom.yu> From: rms at telekom.yu (Radule Soskic) Subject: Ancient Trivia: +++ath0 On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 11:23, Dave Horsfall wrote: > 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.) Yet another (and very old) one: During IRC chat session, change your nick to COM1 (or COM2,3,4, depending on which port the victim has the modem installed). Then, ask him/her to send you a private message... Used to work in mirc+Win95/98, if I remember well... cikasole
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