Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3220 comp.misc:12677 comp.dcom.modems:9963 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.misc,comp.dcom.modems Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <4913@orbit.cts.com> <9BDBC58@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991May17.222410.26944@MDI.COM> Date: Thu, 23 May 91 22:42:05 GMT In article <1991May17.222410.26944@MDI.COM> mitchell@MDI.COM (Bill Mitchell) writes: > Be fair now. Hard to do with my complexion. > The +++ mechanism allowed users and application writers to manipulate > the modem without having to worry about how to twiddle hardware control > lines. If you could talk _thru_ the modem, you could talk _to_ the > modem. Like I said, it's a kludge that covers for an inadequate programming interface to the hardware. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"