This was patent encumbered and also a DoS vulnerability: tricking anyone into transmitting that sequence would knock them offline!
There must have been a better solution than this.
One possibility comes to mind: switch modes when the computer briefly toggles the DTR signal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Terminal_Ready
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