[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] How to call up friends with address stack?

bg@mh_co2.mh.nl (Bert de Geus) (08/15/88)

From article <9350001@eecs.nwu.edu>, by huangt@eecs.nwu.edu (Ting-Lu Huang):
> I know this is trivial to most of you, but what the heck...
>    I want to use the address stack which comes with the HyperCard to
>    call my friends simply by pushing the phone buttom in the address
>    card.   However, the phone port in the back of my Mac SE 
>    is connected to a Hayes-compatible modem.
>    Well,  the auto-dial feature of the HyperCard works beatifully, but
>    I want to talk to my friends with my voice, not with my computer.
>    What other accessories must I have so that I can call my friends
>    by the address stack?
> 
> 
> 
>    Thanks in advance !!!!

I am using a MAC SE with a built-in modem to do this.

I have modified the phone stack a little.
To the dial command i have added a few modem commands and it now reads:

send "dial " & quote & dialNumber & quote && "with modem" && quote &
	"ATS7=0DT" & quote to Hypercard

It is the S7=0 that does the trick. The modem does not wait for the carrier
but does hang up immediately after dialling.
Now i pick up the phone before dialling. The modem takes over, does the
dialling en gives the phone back.

Hope this helps.

Bert de Geus			bg@mh.nl
Multihouse N.V.
The Netherlands