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From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Anyone have a modem dialing out on two lines?
Message-ID: <1678@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 89 22:48:22 GMT
References: <282@opel.uu.net> <846@xroads.UUCP>
Reply-To: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Penn State University
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In article <846@xroads.UUCP> wiz@xroads.UUCP (Mike Carter) writes:
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|Use a real operating system. If you want to dial out on either line
|and you need hardware to do it, then there's something wrong with your
|choice of O.S.
An OS flame is quite inappropriate, especially since you seem to have
missed the point.

|I'm running QNX (Que-Nix) on a 286 with two phone lines.
|I can call in on one, and then tell the computer to dial a number out
|and connect me through the two. (A complete waste of lines, but I've done
|it many times.)
The original question was how to switch *one* modem between *two* phone
lines.  If your solution is for him to buy another $1500 modem, I'm sure
he'd be glad to have you pay the bill.

In the future, please *read* before you flame.

  Bill
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