re: transferring text files from iie to pc

[gedalia@mofet.macam98.ac.il]

In article <1998050105133200.BAA02729@ladder03.news.aol.com>#1/1,
  supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
> gedalia@mofet.macam98.ac.il wrote:
>
> >* Instead I connected the two computers, a modem-to-modem using a
phone
> >extension
> >Many thanks to Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> for your prompt reply
and
> >this suggestion.
> >
> >2. "...have Proterm up and running on the IIe.... and type ATD on one
> >computer and ATA on the other it does not matter which is which as long
> >as one is one and the other is the opposite..."
> >
> >* It was impossible to issue the ATD cmd from Proterm. So I tried Kermit
387:
> >"Connect; Terminal Mode; ATD".  The modem started buzzing and the
reply
> >was: "No Dial Tone". It is clear why - D stands for Dial - so it expects
> >a dial tone.
> >To ATA - after buzzing for some time, the reply was  - No Carrier
>
> On Proterm, you can issue ATA or ATD by first issuing "Open Apple - T"
> to go into terminal mode...
>
> As for why ATD does not work, see below...
>
> >* On the pc I ran the only program I �ve that facilitates communicating
> >with Modem: Rapidcomm. From "Terminal Mode" - to ATD the reaction was
> >the same on the Apple iie.
>
> You need to be fast when you do ATD and ATA without a carrier.
> The two must be pressed within a split second of each other...
>
> There IS an AT command that can disable carrier sensing...I can't
> remember it at the moment...Greg Buchner wrote about it...
>


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