From: utzoo!laura Newsgroups: net.dcom Title: Re: 1200 baud modems Article-I.D.: utzoo.2412 Posted: Tue Aug 24 00:50:47 1982 Received: Tue Aug 24 00:50:47 1982 References: watmath.3359 How important is tone dialing?? Depends what you want to talk to. there are various networks around that only support tone dialing, so if you are buying a modem and planning to go work somewhere else (like various bell places) in a few years, you may need tone dialing. I have a switch in my AJ 1259 modem which works (amazingly) like the RV switch to drop DTR when i want to hang up the phone...thus giving me back my phoone line without unplugging the modem from the phone jack. Since the AJ modem really is a clone of the RV modem, any AJ dealer should be able to do the same for you -- the ones in Toronto (Unionville) will for $12 (Canadian). AJ modems are also cheaper than the RV ones. Laura Creighton decvax!utzoo!laura