Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: ab4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Boardman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: autodialing without checking first Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 89 21:22:07 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 13 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 69, message 4 of 5 [Re: Modems dialing and sending a carrier without listening first.] >It is possible for this to occur, not with a Hayes compatible modem, but >with various 'dumb' modems, especially the older models specific to the >Commodore 64. [...] Quite probably almost all modern modems listen before dialing, but being "Hayes compatible" has nothing to do with it. This Hayes SmartModem, [1200; ugh] sitting on my terminal, which is by definition "Hayes Compatible", will happily dial away connected to nothing. Has there been a change at some point in the "Hayes standard"? ab4@cunixc.[columbia.edu|bitnet] ...[rutgers|uunet|cucard]!columbia!cunixc!ab4