Feature request for vgetty

Marc Eberhard (marc@athene.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de)
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:24:01 +0100


Hi!

Gernot Zander wrote:
> There was always some chance to understand the regulations in
> different ways... Most manufactures decided not to allow ATA without
> RING, but not all did so. I think the checks were not too strict,
> that's why many modems has commands to disable restrictions.
> 
> I have an old Acceex, with exact implementation of the restictions,
> allowing ATA and ATD only if a phone (connectet to the F-jug) was
> off hook, ELSA says in the manual, that their modem does the same,
> but ATA/ATD works even without phone.

Maybe it is enough to _write_ in the docs, that the modem will not
answer the phone without a ring. I guess the people from the
government (or whichever authority is responisble for these licences)
never actually tried it out...

> Lieber Musik im Blut als Bier im Klavier.

:-)

Bye,
Marc
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