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   Re: OT, an old dos app   
   28 Aug 13 14:53:43   
   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > "Not Borland Sidekick?"   
   >   
   > No, that allowed dialing within an app but only for the items in the   
   > contact list entered into it previously.   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
      
   "This seems to do it:   
      
      
      
   How often do you look up a telephone number on your PC screen, and then   
   manually dial it on your telephone?  If so, you can automate the process   
   with DialThat.  DialThat is a resident program to read phone numbers on the   
   screen and dial them thru a modem.   
      
   ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/simtelnet/msdos/commprog/dialt1.zip   
      
   (One of the few simtel mirrors still up!)"   
      
   Perfect, it does indeed do it exactly as required.   
      
   Thanks.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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