Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncc!lyndon
From: lyndon@ncc.Nexus.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: modemcap wanted
Message-ID: <10308@ncc.Nexus.CA>
Date: 5 Jul 88 03:55:51 GMT
References: <3955@tness7.UUCP> <3492@rpp386.UUCP>
Reply-To: lyndon@ncc.nexus.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Organization: Nexus Computing Inc.
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In article <3492@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
>In article <3955@tness7.UUCP> uusgta@tness7.UUCP (Tom Adams ) writes:
>]I am looking for public domain C source code and documentation to
>]support a modemcap function for a UNIX application program.  Similar
>]to termcap, the modemcap file should be an ASCII file that contains
>]control command strings for smart asynchronous modems and provides for
>]the software that uses it to be modem independent.
>
>tom - i have one, it sucks, needs work, etc., but other than that will
>do everything you want.  i'll uucp you a copy if you want.

If you're running under System V, there was a very nice package called
"System V Dial" (or something similar) posted to comp.sources.unix
some time back.

Although the syntax is nearly as bizarre as modemcaps, it is much more
flexable in what it will let you do with the modem.

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