I have also run into many web sites with pages that no longer exist at the
address published.  The best approach is to lop off the last portion of the
address until you get an actual page that works.  With the Rockwell site,
chopping off the last part to yield http://www.nb.rockwell.com/ref
 gives you a valid page (at least it did when I tried it a few minutes ago).
>From there, you must do a little detective work to find your way around.
A few seconds of reading showed a link which started out:

"Rockwell Generic AT Command Manuals
For Online manuals in several formats, click here"

and clicking on that gave me this address:

http://www.nb.rockwell.com/ref/at_commands.html

which is where you can find further links to the AT commands.

If you are familiar with DOS, UNIX or Windows, you already know how
directory structures work.  Web pages are arranged using directory
structures, and as such are subject to change as a site is updated.

Web addresses are really nothing more than paths and a filename
which points to a specific document.  If you have ever moved a document
from one directory to another you can see why web addresses can 
become outdated very quickly.  For their own convenience, most
website administrators try to name and arrange files in a logical manner.
In the case of Rockwell's site, it appears that one of the original
documents, 1048r2.html was changed to 1048PR3a.html, which
now resides in a new directory.

In summary, when you run into a "Not Found" message, examine the
web address you are using and remove the portion after the last
forward slash ("/") mark and try again.  You may need to repeat
this procedure a few times before you get a valid document.
>From there, look around a little and you may end up with the item
you were looking for, or perhaps a reference to another web site
that now carries the information you seek.
   
Best regards.....

Dave LeVasseur


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From:   Roger Prenger[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:   Wednesday, August 14, 1996 9:13 AM
To:     [email protected]
Subject:        Web link for Hayes Command Set?????

Hey Treggers,

> For those looking for the "Hayes Command Set" for modems, I commend
> to their attention the URL'> 
>   http://www.nb.rockwell.com/ref/1048r2.html  (for V.34) and
>   http://www.nb.rockwell.com/ref/883r3.html   (for V.32bis)
> 

This is about the fourth time I have seen these web links floating
around various email servers. Each time they come around, I attempt to
view the sites and get the following message from Netscape:

Not Found
The requested  object does not exist on this server.
The link you followed is either outdated, inaccurate, or
the server has been instructed not to let you have it.

I can get to http://www.nb.rockwell.com/ref/ without problem,
but the 1048r2.html and 883r3.html are elusive. Has anyone else
had this problem or know a way around the Netscape error?

Thanks for any response,

roger
[email protected]

         FACES  
Fear has a thousand faces... each one is gaunt and pale... 
  and each one screams, " You cannot!... For 'tis certain you will fail!"
Courage has many faces... though it needs but only one... 
  and this one says, "Keep trying!... For you know it can be done!"   
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