[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Dial with '*" and '#' ?

alan@mtxinu.UUCP (Alan Tobey) (01/23/88)

I have a hypercard application (basically getting automated 
stock quotes by phone) that would be greatly helped by being 
able to send the * and # tones via 'dial'.  The stack script 
of the Phone stack doesn't seem to be aware that these phone 
buttons exist, and 'dial' passes over the characters when dialing
numbers, or sometimes truncates the string.

Any ideas on whether/how this can be done?  And if it can't now,
are you listening, Apple?  Shouldn't 'dial' be able to use ALL 
the phone buttons?