Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: eravin@dasys1.UUCP (Ed Ravin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: autodialing without checking first Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 89 00:21:43 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: eravin@dasys1.UUCP (Ed Ravin) Organization: Ministry of Disinformation Retrieval, DZ-103 Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 63, message 6 of 8 Rick Farris writes: :->How strange. Not only did the callers dial your number, but they :->modified their modems so that instead of the calling modem :->*listening* for carrier, like all normal modems, it actually called :->you and went into answer mode. Maybe this was in the 300 baud days of modems (does anyone out there still use 300 baud?). And before smart modems became ubiquitous, I think some early 212a modems behaved this way too. My story about the harrassing fake BBS number did happen back in the heady days of 300 baud BBS's. -- Ed Ravin | cucard!dasys1!eravin | "A mind is a terrible thing (BigElectricCatPublicUNIX)| eravin@dasys1.UUCP | to waste-- boycott TV!" --------------------------+----------------------+----------------------------- Reader bears responsibility for all opinions expressed in this article.