Re: Hayes Compatibility

[Michael J. Schülke <news0310@mjschuelke.de>]

Andre Kostur wrote:
> =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Michael_J=2E_Sch=FClke?= <news0310@mjschuelke.de> wrote
> in MPG.19f0af45f668393198987d@News.individual.DE:">news:MPG.19f0af45f668393198987d@News.individual.DE: 
> 
> > Andre Kostur 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....
> >> 
> > IIRC, most "WinModems" -- cheap internal modems for PCs, and on-board 
> > modems -- aren't Hayes compatible. Command interpretation is done by
> > the (Windows) driver, hence the name. 
> 
> Um... I thought we were talking about external modems suitable for 
> connecting to an Apple IIGS.....

I don't want to be pedantic, but the statement I quoted above referred 
to "15+ years [you've] been in computing" in which you "never personally 
[ran] across" a non Hayes-compatible modem. It was in no way restricted 
to the IIgs. 

Regards, 
Michael