Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!telecom-request From: andrew@herald.usask.ca (Derek Andrew) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Alphanumeric Paging Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 16:02:04 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada Lines: 28 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 204, Message 2 of 14 From article , by covert@covert.enet. dec.com (John R. Covert): >> You need one of the Motorola terminals due to some "special codes" > Well, a friend of mine used to have service which used the Motorola > terminals, and I was able to call into their system on a 300 bps line > at 7E1 with local echo (often inappropriately called half duplex). > After the system answers, a carriage return gets the "id=" prompt, to > which I reply "M" (upper case). The system then prompts for Pager ID, > at which point I enter the seven digit pager number. The system then > prompts for Message, at which point I can enter the message, > correcting with ^H. The system then prompts for "Another page?". You are both correct. The first implementation of alphanumeric paging at our location worked similar to the above method. It was upgraded and now you must enter special codes and compute a checksum for each message. It is too inconvenient to try to compute and enter this checksum from an ascii terminal. Derek Andrew, Manager of Computer Network & Technical Services University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskachewan, Canada, S7N 0W0 Andrew@Sask.USask.CA, +1-306-966-4808, 52 11 23N 106 48 48W ...and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. - Isaiah 19:9