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From: sun@venus.ycc.yale.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Dial w/ modem in HyperCard problem
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Date: 27 Sep 88 20:57:45 GMT
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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