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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Controlling a modem from BASIC
Message-ID: <6842@crash.cts.com>
Date: 11 Jan 91 02:56:16 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from benji@euler.Berkeley.EDU

} >       Does anyone know how to control a modem from BASIC? Even if
} >the program uses machine-language routines, it would be useful.
} 
} I'd like that information too, now that I've been informed that
} accessing the modem from GS/OS is next to impossible...  And no
} ModemWorks plugs, please.  I'm not planning to write anything
} involved.
 
I won't plug ModemWorks, but I can tell you this much...  If you plan
on doing it all yourself, the prospects will be VERY INVOLVING!
Writing a communications program, even the simplest, is not a weekend
project, especially if you've not already spent a lot of time learning
about serial communication at the firmware or hardware level.  Don't
dispair, though.  Tools do exist to make your life easier.

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