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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Date: 18 Jul 92 18:28 MDT
- Subject: Re: Boom! You're Dead.
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- Message-ID: <1992Jul18.142836.4351@qiclab.scn>
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- karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
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- >Of course, you could set the escape character to something unprintable
- >(> 127) and use out-of-band control (like a BREAK) to get back to command
- >mode.
-
- >If you do that, you certainly CAN send your modem's own manual over the wire
- >without problems. That's a damn good idea anyway for unattended
- >applications; having remote users intentionally take your modems to command
- >mode isn't considered social.
-
- >This is nothing more than unadulterated scare tactics, and unreasonable ones
- >at that. You see, modems which use TIES probably aren't subject to Hayes'
- >monopolistic patents, and thus they want to make sure you don't buy modems
- >that don't have a built-in bribe to Hayes in their pricing.
-
- Tell you what. Set the escape sequence on one of these modems to (say)
- 128. Then wait until you get a binary file containing 3 128s in a row.
- Boom! Instant command mode.
-
- Hayes *does* have it patented. So if you want to have in-band signalling
- you are stuck with paying the royalties. Or do without the time delay
- and watch the occasional file transfer crash.
-
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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