Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!xerox.com!JRCooper.PA From: JRCooper.PA@XEROX.COM Newsgroups: net.micro.atari8 Subject: Using Terminal Software without a modem Message-ID: <860411-140818-1060@Xerox> Date: Fri, 11-Apr-86 17:02:00 EST Article-I.D.: Xerox.860411-140818-1060 Posted: Fri Apr 11 17:02:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Apr-86 05:52:22 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 36 I need some help in utilizing some of the features of a terminal software package without having a Modem attached to the computer. I have recently purchased a terminal package that is supposed to allow me to convert data files from another related software package into a DOS readable format. Then, once the file is DOS accessable, the file can be sent over the phone lines. The trouble is, I have a MPP 1000c type modem* with it's own terminal package in cartridge form and the new software wants to see a Modem at the serial port before it will show even the first configuration menu. >>>>My question is: What constitutes a "MODEM ERROR" in the Atari Computers, and how might I be able to fool the machine (an 800 or a 130XE) into believing that a Modem is properly attached to the serial port. Also, would I be able to use the MPP Modem with an adaptor cable (does anybody know what the pin-out connections are for MPP->Joystick Interface?) to hook it onto the serial port? *the MPP modem communicates via the joystick port and allows any DOS accessable file to be transferred. If it is of any use, the Terminal Program that I am trying to use is called MidiCom and is manufactured by Hybrid Arts, Inc. of Los Angeles. The Data files are written by other Hybrid Arts software packages that Catalog and store information recieved from MIDI music synthesizers. I appreciate any help anybody can offer in getting my files out onto phone lines. If all else fails I will have to break down and buy a cheap modem somewhere. (but that is what I am trying to avoid.....) Thanks in advance, Jim Cooper