Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!husc6!yale!sun From: sun@venus.ycc.yale.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Dial w/ modem in HyperCard problem Message-ID: <38962@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 20:57:45 GMT Sender: root@yale.UUCP Organization: Yale Computer Center, New Haven Lines: 31 Greetings, I asked this a long time ago, but my problem remains unsolved. I have a Magic Modem 1200 (by Magic Products?), which works fine with all the communication/terminal emulator softwares I have ever encountered, such as MicroPhone, RedRider, etc. However, it doesn't work with the DIAL command inside HyperCard. When I used the Phone stack that comes with HyperCard distribution to dial out a number, it only dial out the first digits and then stoped dailing. I don't understand how it can work with Communication Softwares/Terminal Emulators but not HyperCard. I asked this question before and Mactijn Koster (u00300 @ hasar5.bitnet) suggested the following. >I found out how to get Hypercard's Dial-function to work with a modem: the >modem must assume DTR to always be true. Turn the modem off, set the >appropriate dipswitch on or inside your modem, and switch the modem back >on. On my modem, a lightspeed 1200, I did this by removing the front panel >and setting switch 1 DOWN. After that it worked! I opened my modem and cannot find such switch. I wonder if it can be set by software. Since DIAL doesn't work, is it possible to write an XCMD or XFCN to emulate how the communication softwares dial a number? Does anyone out there have such codes? Can anyone tell me what the difference between these two types of dialing and what can be done? Thank you for your suggestions. -- Kang Sun sun@venus.ycc.yale.edu sun@yalevms.bitnet