17 Jun
2011
17 Jun
'11
9:35 a.m.
On 2011 Jun 17, at 8:57 AM, Diane Bruce wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 08:41:38AM -0400, Michael
Passer wrote:
If it had the effect of limiting the use or propagation of that escape
sequence, the patent was a good thing.
I always found the delays annoying. How much cumulative time was wasted
while people waited for the computer to get control of the modem?
I believe the reason it didn't work on some modems is that Hayes had a
patent on the use of an escape sequence (+++) with guard time.
Yep. stupid patent. Modem companies had to pay or not use it.