TS> [answer a phone call, create a batch file]
 JW> What I've written is a small frontend which answers the phone
 JW> collects data and then passes the baton.
 TS> returns terminally.

 JW> Binkley/2 does it exactly as I did.
 TS> No, it does not. You _have_ to declare the BBS calling 
 TS> method as "BBS spawn", which is exactly what JdeBP meant
By 'passing the baton' I meant either spawning or system command. What I
need is an example of how to communicate with the comport (c/c++) . I can't
find how in Borland's docs. By communicate with the comport, I mean: How do
I collect data sent by the comport and how do I send it data? For example,
when I get the 2nd RING, I want to send the comport an ATA command.
The program I wrote for DOS worked fine collecting thd CID info and then
spawning to a batch file which called the BBS at the proper speed. I want
to write a c/c++ OS/2 program that will do the same thing.
Thanks

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