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From: steve@cpdaux.UUCP (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Prodigy Help
Message-ID: <545@cpdaux.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 89 05:15:15 GMT
References: <9824@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: cpdaux!steve@apple.com (Steve Lemke)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Products Design, Santa Clara, CA
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In article <9824@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> ghoti@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Alan Perry) writes:
}I am having some problems getting Prodigy to work with my Macintosh and
}Telebit trailblazer.  I have called the tech support line, to no avail...The
}only response I get is "We are working on a fix, we are waiting on approval
}of a fix to this".  It seems that whatever the program sends out for dialing
}and setup codes is playing havoc with my modem, the trailblazer doesn't 
}recognize some of the things Prodigy is trying to do to it.  
}
}Does anyone else out there with a Telebit Trailblazer know what to do (ie, what
}files to modify to get it to work?)

I don't have a Telebit, but I have an old USR Password 1200 modem (the one
with no status LEDs, that defaults to auto answer, and has an attached male-
ended 12" cable).  This modem does not respond with "OK" when it is sent
"ATZ".  I believe that that is enough to keep it from working with Prodigy,
from what I've heard from some folks at Prodigy who should know.  No, of
course that's not the only modem I own - I was going to give it to my mom
to use with her Mac SE.  I have a Courier 2400 and a Courier HST.  I just
got the HST and haven't tried that with Prodigy yet - I'll probably try later
and report back if there are any problems.  The 2400 works fine.

If you can check and see what the Telebit does on ATZ, maybe you can let
the Prodigy folks (and me - I'll pass it along to my contacts there) that
it doesn't return OK if in fact it doesn't.  Otherwise, it must be something
else...
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