single line dial in/out on Altos

[Bob Van Cleef]

> 
> 	For all you Altos 586 owners out there that have been stymied
>     by your lack of ability to use a single modem/port for dial in and dial
>     out, be unhappy no more.  I have finally got it going using the new ARK
>     2400 baud modem.  The problem has always been that the Altos requires
>     cd (pin 8) to be always hi for dial out, but to only be hi  on carrier
>     detect for dial in.  On a DCHayes, for instance, you had to have the
>     switch 6 up for dial in and down for dial out.  
>
We have the same problem with AT&T's 3b line.  The PENRIL modem will work
out of the box with no hardware/software changes.

Bob
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