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From: John Alsop <seachg!jalsop@uunet.uu.net>
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Subject: Re: Autodialer Hookup to Terminal Printer Port
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Date: 13 Jun 90 13:06:55 GMT
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In article <8803@accuvax.nwu.edu> seachg!jalsop@uunet.uu.net I wrote:

>We have a bunch of WYSE-85 and 185 terminals running a database
>application. We would like to call up a customer file on the screen,
>and in response to a function key, dial the customer's phone number.

>To achieve this, I think we would need a device which would hook up
>between the serial printer port on the terminal and the phone handset.

Thanks to all who wrote with the obvious (in hindsight!) suggestion of
using a cheap external modem to do the dialing.

I had somehow had in mind something that Radio Shack might sell for
$29.95.


John Alsop   Sea Change Corporation  1100 Central Parkway W.,   Suite 38
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5C 4E5   Tel: 416-272-3881   Fax: 416-272-1555
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