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278 Macintosh User's Handbook
baud modem. Select Apple 1200 if the Mac uses the Apple or
the Hayes 1200 baud modem. With any other type of modem,
select Other.
Let's try an examp le. We will assume that you are con-
tacting th e com put er installation at a local college. Enter the
number into the Phone Settings window and select OK. Pull
down th e Phone menu and select Dial.
The speaker on th e Hay es modem s hould become active,
and you s hould be able to hear the modem dial th e number .
The speaker will remain active while the telephone ring s. Wh en
the phon e is picked up by the remote computer, you will hear a
high
pitched tone. This is one of the ton es which computers use
to id entify themselves over te lephone lines. Then, if all goes
well,
there will be another tone . The speaker should become
inacti ve at this point and the Mac s hould display a mess age
indicatin g that it ha s contacted another modem. The message
"Connect" sho uld appear on the d ocu ment. The last me ssage
was sent to you by you r Ha yes modem indicating that it h ad
contacted another modem and is r eady to relay data.
What you have contacted at thi s point may or may not be
another computer. It is entirely po ssible that you ha ve only
co ntact ed a n etwo rk relay ce nter which handles several compu-
ters. Although th e exact entry pr oce dur es may vary from case
to case, you will first have to e nt er an identifier for the spec ific
co mputer which you wish to contact. Then you will have to
e nt er an ide ntificati on code into the computer along with a
password. These codes are int en d ed to protect both yo ur files
in th e remote com put er and that compute r from ill ega l entry.
We have yet to discuss the remaining two items which
a
pp ea r in the Phon e menu. When we ha ve co mpl eted the
communications session, we will select Hang Up. The Mac will
instruct the modem to hang up the phone and terminate the
link.