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   Stanley Daniel de Liver to Oter   
   Re: OT, an old dos app   
   19 Aug 13 22:03:40   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:38:36 +0100,  wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
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   >   
   > 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.   
      
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