Verbose modems (Re: MORE 6386 UUCP WOES)

[Stephen J. Friedl]

In article <5042 at cbmvax.UUCP>, ditto at cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes:
> 
> I disagree.  Having "result codes" on a dialin modem on a Unix
> system is a pretty stupid idea, for the above mentioned reason
> (Modem sends "CONNECT" message to the computer ... computer thinks
> "CONNECT" is a login name, etc.).

It is certainly a drag to be stuck in upper case because
RING was seen as a login.  To combat this, we set our modems
to give digit result codes instead of verbose ones; we've
been quite pleased except that it's harder to debug the
outgoing dialing...

     Steve
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