• AppleTalk Remote Access Scripts for Intel 9600EX and 14.4EX Modems.
Intel, even though they've been happy to market their modems to Macintosh users, had virtually no interest in providing any sort of functionality for ARA when it came out in 1991. I contacted Apple, Intel Tech Support, and even asked around on CompuServe and the Internet - but to no avail. "Buy the kit from APDA," I was told.
Well, I'm a bit cheap sometimes. :-)
Eventually, I discovered that the Microcom MacModem v.32 script that was provided with ARA worked with the Intel 9600EX. I took the time to inform Intel and Apple, and Intel has been telling their users to use that script ever since. :-(
Well, my office started getting Intel 14.4EX modems, and with the plethora of other v.32bis modem scripts that folks began writing and distributing on the Internet, I stared hacking around to see what I could make for the Intel 14.4EX. In the process, I cleaned up the Microcom script a little bit. The result is these two scripts. The one for the Intel 14.4EX is about twice the size of the one for the 9600EX. The reason for that is the embedded comments - I used a Telebit script for my starting point on that one, and the author had included copious amounts of commentary.
So, here you are. The two scripts included here ought to work for your Intel 9600EX or 14.4EX modem. I haven't tested them with a 400e yet, and I haven't tested them very rigorously for cross-compatibility when dialing other modems. I assume no responsibility for any damages, loss of data, loss of sanity, or loss of anything else that occurs as a result of you using these. And I really don't have plans to actively support them. Freely distributable, and all that jazz. Just give me credit for kludging these beasts together.
Oh, yeah. If you use them, why don't you drop me a line? I can be reached on the Internet at <gaynor.4@osu.edu>. At least until Ohio State has another round of budget cuts...
