On 7/31/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] declared: >I am rather curious about this, as I have never been able to connect >using a calling card. Because of the large number of digits required, 800 >number to my calling card company, 14 digit pin number, and finally my >ISP number, I have never been able to get connected. Is there a way to >manual dial all but the ISP number, and then have the software dial and >connect? I'm using 10.2.8 on my Powerbook.
It's been a couple of years since I did it, but I was able to successfully connect several times with a calling card and the seemingly endless string of digits. The only difference between dialing manually and letting the computer do it is that, when dialing manually, you might pause while waiting for a dial tone or automated instructions. What I did was dial the whole thing manually, noting any spots where I needed to pause to wait for the telephone process to do its thing, until I got through all the dialing and heard my ISP's modem tones. In configuring the Network preference pane (in OS X) or Remote Access (is that where you put the numbers in OS 9?), I added a comma wherever I needed the computer to pause during the dialing process. With the pauses in the correct places (use consecutive commas for long pauses) the computer's dialing process always worked properly, and I got my connection. ---Jay ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
