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From: gilbertd@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert)
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Subject: Re: Can I used a Modem just to Dial phone#'s ?
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Date: 17 Aug 90 22:21:12 GMT
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In article <14543@wpi.wpi.edu> jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo) writes:
>In article <5081.26ca9204@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> gzgj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>>Is it possible to use the Modem just to dial phone numbers so that
>>it will let you pick-up the phone to talk ?
>
>Sure... the way to do it would be to get either a terminal program, or
>a DA like Qdial, and instruct the modem to call the number yuou

Doesn't anyone look at hypercard?  You can dial any touchtone with a Mac
and hypercard's Phone stack -- just stick your phone receiver near the
Mac's speaker.  No modem needed.  The phone and address stacks will even
remember all the phone numbers that you want.

-- Don
Don.Gilbert@Iubio.Bio.Indiana.Edu
biocomputing office, indiana univ., bloomington, in 47405, usa