The following is a screen capture of my modem configuration screen for a U.S. Robotics HST 14.4k baud class modem (communications are not locked): << Modem Communications Configuration >> !. No call reinit time: 30 minutes A. Com-port number : 1 B. Carrier Detect Mask: 128 (Non-FOSSIL only) C. Wait modem speed : 9600 (Variable) D. Use FOSSIL driver : Yes (Full buffering inactive) E. Modem initialization string: "ATC1E1H0M0Q0V0X6|~AT&B0&M4&Y3S0=0S2=1S7=50S10=10" F. Modem answer string : "ATA" G. Modem hangup string : "~~~~^A^A^A~~~ATH0" H. Modem offhook string : "ATM0C0H1" I. Modem after hangup string: "ATM0C0H1" J. Modem result codes: Case 1 Case 2 OK : "0" RING : "2" NO CARRIER: "3" 300 : "1" "" 1200 : "5" "15" 2400 : "10" "16" 9600 : "13" "17" Modem: (!,A-J,Q=Quit): ------------------------------- Switch settings are as follows: Quad 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 UP UP UP DN UP DN UP UP DN DN UP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- At power up, my modem settings (ATI4) are as follows. You may need to change you NRAM settings to match these if you are having trouble: ati4 USRobotics Courier 14400 HST Settings... B1 C1 E1 F1 M0 Q0 V1 X6 BAUD=9600 PARITY=N WORDLEN=8 DIAL=HUNT ON HOOK TIMER &A1 &B0 &C1 &D2 &G0 &H1 &I0 &J0 &K1 &L0 &M4 &N0 &P0 &R1 &S0 &X0 &Y3 S00=000 S01=000 S02=043 S03=013 S04=010 S05=008 S06=002 S07=060 S08=002 S09=006 S10=010 S11=070 S12=050 S13=000 S14=000 S15=000 S16=000 S17=000 S18=000 S19=000 S20=000 S21=010 S22=017 S23=019 S24=150 S25=000 S26=000 S27=000 S28=008 S38=000 LAST DIALED #: OK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HST's do change between versions a little, here's my configuration profile (ATI7) if you are still having problems. Check the dates from your modem to see if it's much older or newer: ati7 Configuration Profile... Product type External Options HST Eprom 64k Ram 8k Supervisor date 09/29/89 IOP date 12/19/88 DSP date 09/18/89 Supervisor rev 1.2 IOP rev 1.0 DSP rev 2 OK Good luck, and don't burn up those phone lines too much ... My BinkleyTerm configuration file should be up for download if you are planning to set up TAGMail. The modem initialization strings for the differ slightly. Victor Capton *A*R*T*H*U*R* BBS (1:120/120) (313)-879-2318 - 300/1200/2400/9600 HST!