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- KillEM FKEY
- by David Fry
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- The Express Modem software from Apple conveniently turns on the modem
- automatically whenever you try to use it. Unfortunately, it remains on
- afterwards, and you have to use the Express Modem control panel device to turn
- it off. That's too tedious for my tastes, so I wrote this FKEY hack to turn it
- off for you at the push of a button. The FKEY has ID=4 as I wrote it, but you
- can change that in the usual ways.
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- The Express Modem software runs in the background as a faceless application
- (which you can see using one of the "process watchers" out there, such as Task-
- It). All this FKEY does is look for a process of type 'cdev' with creator
- '3615', which is what the Express Modem software uses on my machine, and sends
- it a 'quit' Apple Event. If it can't find such a process, it beeps once.
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- Why turn off the Express Modem software? It uses a good deal of processor time
- just sitting there, and that means less time between battery charges. However,
- your PowerBook won't answer the phone if you kill the background application, so
- be sure you really want to use this FKEY. If you want the modem to answer the
- phone later, use the Express Modem control panel to turn it on.
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- WARNING: I've tested this on my PB180, and it seems okay. My methodology for
- turning the modem off is just a guess, and may have some problem I don't know
- about. I also don't know if it will work with the PowerBook Duo Express Modem
- software because that may not use creator '3615'. Also, I'm not responsible for
- what may happen if you use the FKEY while the modem is in use, for instance,
- while you're receiving a fax.
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- Good luck and let me know if you have problems.
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- David Fry fry@math.harvard.edu
- Division of Applied Sciences fry@huma1.bitnet
- Harvard University ...!harvard!huma1!fry
- Cambridge, MA 02138
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