Re: Hayes Compatibility

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <bm5jts$20d6$1@merope.saaf.se>,
Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>In article <Xns940FAE783FAFBnntpspamkosturnet@209.53.75.21>,
>Andre Kostur  <nntpspam@kostur.net> wrote:
> 
>> Generally what's meant there is "Hayes AT command set compatable".
>> In the 15+ years I've been in computing, I've never personally run
>> across a modem that _wasn't_ Hayes AT compatable....  I'd try just
>> hooking up whatever modem you've got, and try that....
> 
>A modem I got 16 years ago could be configured for either Hayes
>compatibility or CCIR compatibility (which used a totally different
>syntax for its commands).
> 
>Some 20 years ago, non-Hayes compatible modems vere not uncommon.  In
>general, these modems had no command set at all.  So you had to dial
>the number manually on your phone, and when you heard the modem
>signal from the other end, turn on your modem and hang up your phone.

The very first modem I used with my IIe was a Zoom 300-bps internal
modem...borrowed that from someone in another dorm and used it for a few
months until I got a DataLink 2400.  IIRC, it wasn't Hayes-compatible and
the only software that worked with it was what came with it.  It had some
other means by which it could dial numbers, though.

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