call back software

[levy at ttrdc.UUCP]

In article <2695 at ecsvax.UUCP>, emigh at ecsvax.UUCP writes:
>In article <288 at desoto.UUCP> attc at desoto.UUCP (ATT Communications) writes:
>>Try the ct command!
>
>Quote from AT&T 3B2 System V Release 3.0, page 34
>
>	The ct command is not compatible with the Basic Networking Utilities.
>Do not use this command.
>-- 
>Ted H. Emigh     Genetics and Statistics, North Carolina State U, Raleigh  NC

The original message is gone from my system and I can't remember whether the
original requestor said he had SVR3 or SVR2.

I _have_ gotten ct to work, after a fashion, on a SVR2 3B2 system with at
least one dial-in port which is different from a free dial-out port.
How I kludged it was to dial in, then "exec ct -s 'speed' -v 'your_number'".
(Note, the "exec" is needed, else the original dial in port will be tied up
by the shell even after the "ct" finishes.)  ct will acquire the acu and then
hang you up, at which point it will (try to) call you back using the acu.

I do not know if this kludge would work on SVR3 (do not have it handy to try).
It might fail on SVR3 for different reasons than on SVR2.
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