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excerpt: "Explains how the TS-2068 can auto-dial phone numbers using BASIC OUT commands to the modem port. Presents Randy Kale's original 1984 CompuServe routine and a more advanced variation integrated into Tom Woods' PRO/FILE address book program for automatic telephone dialing from stored records."
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# Auto-Dialing with the TS-2068 and a Modem

Explains how the TS-2068 can auto-dial phone numbers using BASIC OUT commands to the modem port. Presents Randy Kale’s original 1984 CompuServe routine and a more advanced variation integrated into Tom Woods’ PRO/FILE address book program for automatic telephone dialing from stored records.