Re: tlug: Modem question

[Manuel Chakravarty <chak@example.com>]

"Jonathan Byrne" <jpmag@example.com> wrote,

> Perhaps someone will have an arcane technique for faking out
> a modem to dial through a PBX, but you're probably out of
> luck on this one. Modems can't deal with a PBX, and
> unfortunately, most hotels are computer-unfriendly in this
> regard.

But, I saw somebody doing it with Windoze...  (at least
dialing out of a hotel - to be honest, I don't know what a
PBX is).

> If the hotel has a business center, try going there to see
> if they either have a clear line (or better still, Ethernet)
> you can plug into, or a computer you can use.

Unfortunately, I am a poor academic...so my kind of hotels
usually don't provide this :-(

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kenhrd@example.com wrote,

> The correct command to disable the dial
> tone detection is 'ATX3' - I think most types of the modems
> will accept it.  Please check your manual to confirm.

Great!  I'll try.  Thanks very much :-)

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Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> wrote,

> should be ATDT - ATDP is for pulse dialing... you want touch-tone.  

I always confuse this...quite some time ago, I very often
dialed up *by hand* on my old ATARI ST, while pulse dialing
was still used in Germany.  Since then, ATDP is just
hardwired in my spinal cord, I guess :-/

Thanks for your fast responses!!

Manuel
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