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From: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dumb Modem + Mac
Summary: No problems, dude!
Message-ID: <13967@well.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 89 20:09:55 GMT
References: <12826@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <4990@bgsu-stu.UUCP> <31681@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <31681@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Biswa Ghosh) writes:
>I have a dumb modem at home (manual dial) which I currently use with
>a terminal to log in to school.  Will I be able to use the same modem
>with a Mac, using some communication software like Microphone II?  Or
>am I doomed to buy a Hayes-compatible?
>
	MicroPhone and MicroPhone II (since you specifically asked about them)
will work just fine with a manual dial modem.  The only thing that you will not
be able to do (for obvious reasons) is have MP/MPII dial for you.  All other
aspects of the application are functional (including scripting and xfers).
	For general information, all of the commercial comm programs will also
work with this modem, they just won't dial it.  You may want to be careful about
SmartCom II as it does not like 'direct connect' mode (it has modes, the others
don't) and will not give you access to some funcionality.

Leonard Rosenthol
Software Ventures
MicroPhone II Development Team

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