i have been having some problems with getting my modem to work for quite a
while now. i just stumbled across what i think the problem is, but i have       
no idea how to fix it though. :(  well here is what happens.  you cannot
issue any comands or anything to the modem until you send it a break.
since minicom does not open the modem device in blocking mode, you can
send a break and then everything works fine.  if its opened regularly,
it just hangs forever.  i have tried setting the cd to always on, but
this does not help. :( does anyone have any ideas??  if this is/was
a current problem, how can i fix it?

thanks in advance...

chris csanady (ccsanady@iastate.edu)