> HIya
>         I am trying to write a program to enable a BBS system to pickup
> email from an ISP.  I am writing this after finding out that my ISP
> doesn't support UUCP, I know and can figure out all the commands for the
> actual mail retrevial, my problem is communication with the modem.

>     I need to be able to send and recieve data from the modem (so I can
> check responces, and recieve data).  alas I have no idea of how to do
> this with Pascal.. (I did manage to send a command to the modem by
> telling pascal to write the command to a file called 'com2' but i also
> need to be able to get the responces back from the modem as well).

>     Please could someone off me some help/advise/solution to this
> problem, I am relitively new to Pascal (if it was my old Atari ST, I
> would have an assembler routine knocked up in minutes :)= ).

> Thanx in advance

> Graeme