biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Biswa Ghosh) (10/04/89)
I have a dumb modem at home (manual dial) which I currently use with a terminal to log in to school. Will I be able to use the same modem with a Mac, using some communication software like Microphone II? Or am I doomed to buy a Hayes-compatible? -Biswa Ghosh 550 Cory Hall arpa: biswa@janus.berkeley.edu U.C. Berkeley uucp: ...ucbvax!janus!biswa Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: (415) 643-6686
macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) (10/05/89)
In article <31681@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Biswa Ghosh) writes: >I have a dumb modem at home (manual dial) which I currently use with >a terminal to log in to school. Will I be able to use the same modem >with a Mac, using some communication software like Microphone II? Or >am I doomed to buy a Hayes-compatible? No, you are not doomed... i dont think... I have a beta version of Red Ryder Host 11.0 which of course, i really shouldn't have, and i must set my clock a year earlier so it will work, but nevertheless, it is an excellent program. But in response to your post, RRH 11 has a method for CONFIGURING the modem command to your type of modem. It will probably help if you have some kind of documentation for the dumb modem you are using, and you'll also have to wait for this general release... but relax... there IS HOPE :-) (speaking of RRH, see my next article...) -- ============================================================================== (.) (.) | Chris Silverberg, WPI Box 719 | BBS Sysop: Main Street U.S.A u | USENET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu | 2400 baud - (508) 832-7725 \___/ | BITNET: macman@wpi.bitnet | Fido: 322/575 - Red Ryder Host
svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) (10/06/89)
In article <31681@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Biswa Ghosh) writes: >I have a dumb modem at home (manual dial) which I currently use with >a terminal to log in to school. Will I be able to use the same modem >with a Mac, using some communication software like Microphone II? Or >am I doomed to buy a Hayes-compatible? > MicroPhone and MicroPhone II (since you specifically asked about them) will work just fine with a manual dial modem. The only thing that you will not be able to do (for obvious reasons) is have MP/MPII dial for you. All other aspects of the application are functional (including scripting and xfers). For general information, all of the commercial comm programs will also work with this modem, they just won't dial it. You may want to be careful about SmartCom II as it does not like 'direct connect' mode (it has modes, the others don't) and will not give you access to some funcionality. Leonard Rosenthol Software Ventures MicroPhone II Development Team -- +--------------------------------------------------+ Leonard Rosenthol | GEnie : MACgician Lazerware, inc. | MacNet: MACgician UUCP: svc@well.UUCP | ALink : D0025
svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) (10/06/89)
In article <4510@wpi.wpi.edu> biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Biswa Ghosh) writes: >In article <31681@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Biswa Ghosh) writes: >> [ using a dumb modem and Mac ] > >RRH 11 has a method for CONFIGURING the modem command to your type of modem. > >It will probably help if you have some kind of documentation for the dumb >modem you are using, and you'll also have to wait for this general release... >but relax... there IS HOPE :-) > As I mentioned in my previous responce to this question, you can do this with Red Ryder, MicroPhone, etc. but you will not be able to dial. The reason I am repeating myself on this one is that the Mr. Silverberg has a misunderstanding of the 'modem configuration mechanism' in RR and I would like to correct it. What RR 11.0 gives one is something that, in MicroPhone II we refer to as 'Modem Drivers'. They are basically scripts which control how to DIAL, HangUp and have the modem autoAnswer. Since you have a 'dumb' modem these drivers do ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD! Hope that clears things up for both you and Mr. Silverberg. -- +--------------------------------------------------+ Leonard Rosenthol | GEnie : MACgician Lazerware, inc. | MacNet: MACgician UUCP: svc@well.UUCP | ALink : D0025
biswa@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Biswa Ghosh) (10/07/89)
Hi folks, Thanks for all the replies! The unanimous decision is that yes, I will be able to use my dumb modem with most of the communications software, definitely with RR and MicrophoneII. And, naturally, I will have to do the dialing myself. -Biswa
macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) (10/07/89)
In article <13969@well.UUCP> svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes: > > Hope that clears things up for both you and Mr. Silverberg. Oh, god yes... i am 'enlightened' now. Thank you for setting me straight Mr. Rosenthol. My god, WHAT would the mac world do without you! (probably still continue on the same...) -- ============================================================================== (.) (.) | Chris Silverberg, WPI Box 719 | BBS Sysop: Main Street U.S.A u | USENET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu | 2400 baud - (508) 832-7725 \___/ | BITNET: macman@wpi.bitnet | Fido: 322/575 - Red Ryder Host