mgetty 0.98 - checking modem config

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On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:

> 
> What bothers me slightly with AT&F is that different makes of modem might
> have different factory defaults, so you don't quite get a clean slate. 
> Isn't it a slightly more certain procedure (assuming you have a mixture of
> modem types) to write the correct settings to NVRAM once and for all? 

You get a clean slate for the brand of modem that you have configured 
your software to use.  If you change modems, you would need to re-write 
NVRAM again.  Also, if you use the modem for more than one purpose 
(shifting back and forth between various apps for instance), then you run 
the risk of having the wrong settings set in the active profile.  

for instance, how many people get hit by the ATZ1 annoyance with Procomm +?
Datastorm likes to set "their" settings in profile 1, and load that profile 
each time.. if you hardare reset your modem, or change modems, a ZyXEL 
goes into a leased line mode :)

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