Re: Initialising modems (fwd)

Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz ((no email))
Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:48:09 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Frank Heinzius shaped the electrons to say...
>attach Sx where x is the desired port
>
>Then you may configure the modem. Stop the attach by sending the
>telnet escape character. If you are connected via telnet to the PM,
>enter the telnet escape character and type "send escape".
>
>Be careful! Never attach to a port without a device connected or
>powered on. This _may_ lead to PM lockups.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

"attach" is officially unreleased, unsupported, and undocumented. And it is
*known* to have several *major* bugs.

Use it at your own risk.

In other words, if you hose your portmaster with it, we can't help.

We strongly discourage its use.

-MZ

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