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|    Re: OT, an old dos app    |
|    19 Aug 13 19:38:36    |
      > All but this dos ng seems to be mostly dead, so excuse the ot post.       >       > There was a dos app, likely a tsr, that would dial any phone number when       > one was reading a text file containing it. The number would be       highlighted       > and dialed via a modem.       >       > Several dos computers since I have lost track of it. Might anyone recall       it       > and where it might now be found?       >       > Thanks.              "Try this:              file.txt contains a list of phone numbers, one per line.              @echo off       set "comport=com1"       MODE %comport%: BAUD=2400 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1       for /f "delims=" %%a in (file.txt) do (       echo dialling %%a       >%comport%: echo ATDT %%a       ping -n 45 localhost >nul"              Thanks, I have already a batch script which dials numbers from such a text       file.              What I had in mind is a tsr functioning differently in any app.              For example while reading a news story in a file, in the local computer,       containing a number the tsr would highlight it and dial it.              I once had such an app long ago and hoped someone might recall it and a       source.              Thanks.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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