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- From: moose@svcdudes.com
- Subject: Re: Dialing Modem - interface?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.171431.742@svcdudes.com>
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- Organization: Software Ventures, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug28.153559.29162@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:14:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.153559.29162@tamsun.tamu.edu> andrewd@tamsun.tamu.edu
- (Andrew T Duchowski) writes:
- > Hi,
- >
- > I was just wondering -- is there a program out there that will
- > act as a phone dialing interface, accessing the modem?
- >
- > My phone is set up on tone, but the * key is screwed because
- > that's the memory key. My school uses phone registration and
- > requires the * key (the # key on my phone is ok). I'd like a
- > program that looks like a keypad and lets you dial a number,
- > then maintains the phone line and lets you dial digits, like
- > 7923#
- > 2*415620600#
- > 9#
- > the above sequence would register cpsc 620 in the 92 fall semester
- > at a&m for example.
-
- I just tried it with MicroPhone II and a Dove modem. It seems to work fine.
- You won't be able to use our dialing routines, but you can manually dial the
- phone. Using our scripting, you could probably make a nice front end that does
- everything you want.
-
- However, I'm not sure all modems allow you to dial a * and a #.
-
-
- --
- Michael Rutman | moose@svcdudes.com
- Cubist | makes me a NeXT programmer
- Software Ventures | maker of MicroPhone Pro
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