"Daniel A. Seagraves" <DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com> wrote: Way back when, the drill went like this: (a) dial remote modem's number on phone (as though placing a voice call) (b) listen for remote modem to answer and whistle answer carrier at you (c) put phone's handpiece in acoustic coupler (d) acoustic coupler should notice answer carrier and begin whistling its originate carrier (e) start typing I'm thinking that (d) might take longer these days; I don't know how long it takes these newfangled modems to get around to sending a tone that is recognizable as a Bell 103 answer carrier. It used to be immediate because that's what the modems on the other end tended to try first. -Frank McConnell