On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:37:18 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
> "Samuel W. Heywood" wrote:
>> Is it documented that it works with DOS? My 7160 owners' manual
>> has detailed instructions on how to set it up for use with various
>> Windows systems only.
> Well, you know how it is - manuals these days are only "simple guides
> for simple people". If you want to do something that isnt listed
> in the manual, then you have to use your brain... and you obviously
> did!
> Its logical - RS232 is a PC standard. If windows can do it, DOS
> can do it - as well as Linux, OS/2, BeOS..
> So.. while technicly it is an undocumented feature... ah well. :)
No. Just because Windows can do it soesn't necessarily mean that
DOS can do it. If the cell phone were to behave like a brain-dead
WinModem, then only Windows could do it. Fortunately the cell phone
acts as a real modem. I had to discover that for myself. The owner's
manual should have explained that it works as a real modem. Since the
manual tells only of how it will work with Windows, I had thought that
it would work only with Windows. It was only by trying it with a DOS
application that I was able to discover that it works as a real modem.
The moral of this story is that if a device is advertised to be
compatible with Windows, and if the documentation provides no
information about whether it will work with DOS, that does not
necessarily mean that it is a "Windows only" device. You won't know
unless you try it.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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