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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: How to make a modem dial..
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 18:14:52
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- Jon Rocatis (jon@funcom.com) wrote:
- : I've written a small address-database which is supposed to have an
- : autodial feature if you have a modem connected..
- :
- : The problem is that this feature only works on some modems.
- :
- : What I do is simply opening the requested device and then send out an
- : "ATDT<phonenumber>" string to the modem.
- :
- : Why will this only work on some modems?
-
- Most serial port modems are reasonably Hayes compatible, and ATDT (and ATDP)
- are standard Hayes commands. I think you can rely on just about any modem
- supporting them. If you want to be safe, add a configuration option to set the
- dial prefix, and set it by default to ATDT. People with "non-standard" modems
- are likely to be well-used to altering their configurations in this way.
-
- -- Mat.
-