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From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: modem null string
Message-ID: <5596@orchid3.UUCP>
Date: 4 Dec 90 16:41:17 GMT
References: <1990Dec2.092244.28513@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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In article <1990Dec2.092244.28513@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>  Hi...I need a null character to be sent over the modem without doing any
>damage :) other than the return key. Can I safely use a zero? Just so that
>the modem knows it is still connected...thanks a meg.

Ummm...  WHY do you want to do this?  So the modem knows it's connected
to WHAT?  And why would it think it's NOT connected?  It's got a constant
carrier to another modem, and it's got the DTR line back to your computer.
What are you trying to accomplish here?

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