Re: DTR held high from program control?

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From: Martin Resnick
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 02:57

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> Is it true that DTR will only go high if the communications program
> tells it to?  Does Red Ryder do this?  I am interested, because I want
> to be able to set up a Mac+ for *dialin* purposes, and I don't want the
> modem to answer unless the Mac is on and ready to talk.
> -- 

Opening the serial driver on the Mac+ automatically asserts DTR.
Closing the driver releases DTR.

There are also individual commands to assert/release DTR.

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