Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-exchange.cts.com!delton From: delton@pro-exchange.cts.com (Don Elton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: DataTerm/TIC with busy signals Message-ID: <8909291127.AA09133@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 29 Sep 89 03:14:33 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 Comment to message from: bungia!orbit!pnet51!hackman@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Otto Heuer) Most people handle the multiple-waitfor situation by waiting for one thing and assuming that if the waited for thing doesn't arrive before the timeout that the other thing occured. i.e. xmit "ATDT 5551212^M" waitfor string "CONNECT" if failed goto BusyOrNoConnect goto NotBusy You can add a SET TIMER 20 or so above the first statement to keep things moving along nicely.