Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:03:38 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson) Cc: bdqjl43@server4.bell-atl.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ridiculously long dial string Message-ID: <199611230603.XAA19517@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961122205541.2909B-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from "Annelise Anderson" at Nov 22, 96 09:00:20 pm
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It seems that Annelise Anderson said: > On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Vlad Markov wrote: > > > I can connect to the network at work via user ppp. This is a toll call, so I > > got a Corporate Telephone credit card. To use it I must: > > 1. Enter 800xxxxxxx to access some phone network > > 2. wait for the dial tone > > 3. Enter 0XXXXXXXXXXX to get to the number I really want > > 4. Wait a little bit > > 5. Enter the credit card number and pin. > > > > I can't figure out how to do this. My first attempt was to put it in the dial > > string but the number was too long and the timing became incorrect. > > > > I read about "chat", if that is my solution, I don't understand how to > > implement it. > > Perhaps the modem will not accept a string as long as the one you need. > I had this problem with a modem in a portable, dialing from either OS/2 > (a REXX script) or Windows 3.1 (trumpet). I had to divide the number > into two or three pieces and assign them variable names, then tell it > to dial each of the pieces. This did work, but of course the scripts are > in different languages from the one you need to use. "Typically", the AT command set supports a 40 character command line. Brain damaged that it isn't allowed to be longer but I imagine this is an artifact from earliest implementations... --don
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