Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!sysadmin
From: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Dialing a Modem
Message-ID: <517@generic.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 91 21:45:03 GMT
Sender: root@generic.UUCP
Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes:
>I want to thank everyone who responded to my query about dialing a modem
>using Orca/C.  It turned out that I merely had to put a carriage return
>at the end of each dialing command, eg
>
>WriteCString("18005551212\r");
>
>Unfortunately, I still have a problem.  I've found that in order to send
>pulses or tones through my modem using texttools, I apparently need to
>InitTextDev(output) before each attempt, or else interim actions mess things
>up, but that initialization also hangs up the phone line.  I need to be able
>to send tones through an open line without hanging up, so I think I need to
>use FWEntry to use firmware routines.  The <misctool.h> file with Orca/C
>conflicts with the operand description in Apple's Toolbox Reference, so I
>wonder if anyone can send me an example of a call to FWEntry.  I need to
>be able to put a specific value in the accumulator and call a routine at
>a certain memory location.
>

I cannot emphasize how powerful and easy to use John Snow's CSERIO library was
to me in the development of the first version of GenericComm (a limited IIgs
specific comm program). CSERIO has routines such as SerialInit(MODEMSLOT); and
SerialWrite(char);.. as well as Firmware Interface routines to access the
firmware commands such as Drop DTR among others..

I have since evolved GenericComm since I used CSERIO, but it was invaluable
for what it allowed me to do.

Matthew
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