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- Dial V1.0 on 26/06/94
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- WHAT DOES IT DO?
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- This programme dials phone numbers from the CLI. As it stands this isn't
- anything exciting. The good thing about this programme is that it is
- designed to be used in scripts. E.g dos, arexx, superbase DML etc...
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- Basically it uses the amiga's right speaker / audio output and dials tones
- using either DTMF or CCITT5 - if you place your phone next to the speaker
- the number will be called.
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- AND HOW IS THIS USEFUL TO ME?
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- If you programme AREXX, ever wanted to have a command which tone dials? Now
- you have one - just launch this programme from your arexx script with the
- number you want to dial.
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- If you are writing a pretty nifty DOS script you now have a command to
- dial certain numbers!
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- If you are an assembly language programmer and are writing that ultimate
- address/phone/diary/manager book you can now tone dial within your code.
- Either by two ways.
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- Either by the _LVOExecute command where you can just launch this CLI
- programme in your code or...
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- By using the source code supplied with this and writing the routine directly
- in your programme. Yes my permission goes out for use in any programme,
- commercial or not. If you include it though please let me know - and a
- mention in the credits would be nice :-)
-
- Included in SuperBase Pro 4 and various other versions is a language
- called DML - DataBase Management Language. If you have some sort of
- personnel database you can now use dial in the scripting language and
- dial the number automatically from your database. Dont panic! Source
- is included for you to do this! Just run dial.sbp from superbase.
- E.g RUN "dial.sbp" from a function key.
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- HOW DO I USE IT?
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- If you type 'dial ?' from CLI you will get this message:
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- Dial, by A.Leppard 26/06/94. Tone dialler
- To use: type Dial [-<options>] <number>
-
- Where options are:
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- -d DTMF Dialling (default) or -c CCITT5 Dialling
- -nl Dont convert letters to numbers. (e.g ABC=2, DEF=3)
- -s <speed> Speed of dial 1->99 (Default -s5)
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- Pretty self explanatory, here are some examples:
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- dial 000 <- Australian emergency number
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- dial -d -s4 1231 <- dial using DTMF, at speed 4 the number 1231
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- dial -cs1 800-SKY <- dial using CCITT5, speed dial the number 800-SKY
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- dial -nlcs10 1234 <- ignore letters, CCITT5, speed 10 the number 1234
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- READ ME
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- Hope you find this programme / code useful. Another way would be to use
- the 'AT' command and use a modem to dial the number - much easier - but
- I couldnt get my copy of the AT command to work for dialling so I decided
- to do it this way (its faster with dial using -s1). And besides this
- way doesnt need a $400 modem to work! cul8r all!
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- Internet: 9405571x@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au
- or on Fred's BBS: +618-341-5944
-
- cu,
- Andrew Leppard
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