Re: [MacPerl] want my computer to page me

[aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead)]

> 
> Does anyone know of a perl snippet which would give me
> access to my modem, so that I can dial a phone number,
> pause a brief while, and then dial some sort of code
> to my pager?
> 

Do you have any unix machines at your site? If so, maybe you could
pick up either of the freely distributable paging packages sendpage or
tpage and have macperl add a page to the paging queue.

Otherwise, the commercial macintosh paging package Notify, by Ex
Machina, has an Applescript interface. You could use macperl control
Notify via Applescript.

My opinions here show my biases. I've worked with systems that do
paging through DTMF tones, and I've worked with ones that connect to
the paging switch through the IXO protocol. If at all possible, avoid
the DTMF methods.