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That is a funny story. I used to dial into BBS' with modem commands. You could learn the screech patterns pretty well to know if something goofed before the
by edoo 8y ago
That is a funny story. I used to dial into BBS' with modem commands.
You could learn the screech patterns pretty well to know if something goofed before the computer did. Modem command sets are still quite prolific and if you ever mess with a M2M LTE module you will be right back in it.
- 3chelon 8y agoI can still hear the screech pattern in my head, and I know exactly what you mean about knowing before the computer. There was short repeating pattern and if it repeated too many times (more than about twice IIRC) then the game was up, time to redial.
- walrus01 8y agoIridium satellite phones and embedded modems use a very thoroughly documented AT command set.