Re: NULL modem projects (was Re: Datalinker 1200, etc.)

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:14:20 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And 
Jeff Blakeney <jefbla@bconnex.net> said:

>On 7 Mar 1997 18:30:59 GMT, cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)
>wrote:

>>A phone cord'll do the trick.  Also, if either of the modems are smart enough 
>>to look for dial tone, you'll have to disable that.  ATX0 will work on any 
>>Hayes-compatible modem.  Tell one modem to answer (ATA) and the other to 
>>either originate (ATO) or just make it dial a 1-digit number.

>I did it once with a couple modems and I just typed ATD on one machine
>and ATA on the other.  I didn't need to put any digits at all with the
>dial command.

Some modems won't do it without a digit (which goes to show you what a laugh 
'Hayes compatible' is).
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