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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   
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