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- From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Boom! You're Dead.
- Message-ID: <vdnm6tp.gerg@netcom.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 05:45:45 GMT
- References: <1992Jul18.142836.4351@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <1992Jul19.172104.26200@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1992Jul20.190859.18232@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- 70465.203@compuserve.com writes:
- >
- >karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- >
- >>Wrong! >127 is DISABLED for the escape character. Thanks for playing.
- >>Go read your modem manual please...... (I have)
- >
- >>Any sensible implementation of in-band signalling has a way to turn it off.
- >
- >True, but on *my* modem, I *can* set the escape character to something
- >in the 128-255 range. Telebit T2500 manual page 5-36:
- >
- >"The S2 register contains the code to be interpreted as the escape
- >character. See registers S12 and S55. If S48=0, setting this register to
- >a value greater than 127 disables the recognition of the escape character
- >by the modem."
- >
- >So if S48=1, and S2=255 my escape character is 255.
- > ^^^^^
-
- Well certainly, but you can also put gasoline into your diesel car if
- you really try. Doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
-
- If your system uses 8N1 or can switch between Even or Odd parity, you
- do *NOT* want to set S48=1!!!
-
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