re: transferring text files from iie to pc

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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...