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- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 84 20:54 PST
- From: Mike Webb
- To: net.micro.cpm
- Re: MDM7xx hidden feature
-
- I just discovered a feature of MDM7xx which has not been documented (as
- far as I know). The feature which allows two alternate dialing services
- (ie SPRINT or MCI) can also be used to provide a credit card number when
- needed.
-
- MDM7xx documents show that, after defining the alternate dialing sequence
- in your overlay (or patch w/DDT) to use the alternate dialing, you simply
- put a "<" or ">" in front of the number you wish to call (either direct
- type-in or from the "CAL X" menu). If the alternate number is instead
- an appropriate number of wait characters (my Password modem uses ","),
- followed by your credit card number, the following works quite nicely:
-
- CAL 0123-456-7899<
- ! !
- ! +->Inserts the waits + your credit card #
- !
- +-->Tell Ma Bell to ask for your credit card.
-
- I has to experiment with the number of waits and found that 3
- seems to work all of the time (2 worked most of the time). Hope this
- is "new" info and not just me "discovering" something already generally
- known, but I thought it worth the time.
-
- Mike Webb
-