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From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: modem answering at wrong speed
Summary: what we need are dumber modems.
Message-ID: <4646@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 88 00:38:24 GMT
References: <273@mjbtn.UUCP> <6800016@cpe>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
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In article <6800016@cpe> tif@cpe.UUCP writes:
>
>Oh yea, I have been told that some modems have a special command that
>means "Don't be so stupid."
>--
>			Paul Chamberlain

no, that's what got us in this fix in the first place.  what we need is
a command that says "don't be so smart!"

one might assume having a 2400 baud modem reset to 2400 baud when it
didn't have DTR assert might be a simple thing, no?
-- 
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