Dial-up won't work on clean install

Hi all,
I bought & refurbished (video card, HD, RAM) a G4 533 DA to replace my iMac G3 I use at work. I was going to use Leopard (installed perfect) with it, but could not get the built-in Apple modem to work.
Cable internet works fine at home, but unfortunately we only have dial-up at work. So I decided to go with reliability and did a clean install of OS X 10.3.9. No hacks, sm. or 3rd party software installed.
Problem is that it says it dials, but I don't hear dial tones, and after 2 attemtps it says " connection busy ". Modem is internal " spring modem ", all account and setting info copied from G3 iMac, which is also running 10.3.9. and connects fine.
I wanted to use the G4 so I could have more updated software w/ 10.5.1. Now I can't even get 10.3.9 on the internet.
Any help would be apprecieated.

OK,
I got some help on my dial-up problem from a friend. I'm posting information in case it helps someone.
In System Preferences>Network>Modem:
I had my ISP's designated number: xxx-xxxx.
Now the phone number looks like this: *82,xxx-xxxx.
The " *82 " turns off the block feature in caller ID. After that you type a comma, with no space before or after, then the phone number. The comma adds a delay giving enough time for the modem to properly get the dial tone.
Note: The advanced button, on the Network panel, also has a on/off radio button for waiting for dial tone and I already had this set to on. But I think some modems / drivers need a longer pause and the above trick worked.
Hope this helps.

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