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This also worked on Windows, I remember many times having a locked modem that disabled certain applications that wanted to send orders by modem. I got quite used to echo ATZ > com1Messing about with modem init strings used to be quite a regular occurence in tech support in the days of Win 3.1 and 95. Yes there WAS the ubiquitous AT&FU2 if the customer was being a pain in the rear.. and no I didn't use it myself (although I did remove it a few times after it had been inserted before the customer could twig what it meant!) AT&FX3 ignores dial tone for those awkward ones that simply refused to dial despite death threats ;) AT&F%C0 cancels data compression (if it's a software modem slaughtering resources). There was a much longer one for specifying minimum and maximum connection speeds; AT&F%C0+MS=V90,1,9600, 57600 cancels compression, tells the modem not to connect below 9600 or above 57600. but it's 1am, and it's been 2 or 3 years since I've needed to use it :) IIRC there was also a command to echo the port to make sure that the port itself wasn't stuffed, but again it's 1am ;) ish. Something like 'echo ATDT >comX' where X was the port the modem was supposed to be on. If it came back with an error "Bye bye Mr/Mrs Customer your modem has gone night night." Oddly enough we got those a lot after thunderstorms where the little darlings had left their modems plugged into the phone lines. hmm.
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