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Only if their modem didn’t implement the Hayes command set properly or you could otherwise control the per-character timing of the OS sending. It required a pau
by brontitall 1y ago
Only if their modem didn’t implement the Hayes command set properly or you could otherwise control the per-character timing of the OS sending. It required a pause (1sec by default), “+++” with no pauses, another pause, _then_ the ATH command
- wat10000 1y agoWhich was fairly common, as Hayes had a patent on those pauses.
- brontitall 1y agoHuh, TIL. I guess they might have used TIES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Independent_Escape_Sequence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Independent_Escape_Sequen...
- NitpickLawyer 1y agoI had an external USRobotics 56k modem, I was immune. But the many many "bulk" no-name modems were vulnerable. You could ping entire ranges of dial-up IPs and watch the results on big IRC channels. Uhmmm, allegedly :)
- mycall 1y agoCommas provided 2 second pauses
- brontitall 1y agoOnly in the dial string to ATD, surely?