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From: paul@alice.UUCP (Paul Krzyzanowski)
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Subject: Re: Phony Bell Wanted (Not a Bell Phone)
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In article <59815@bu.edu.bu.edu>, jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele)
writes:

> would pause and ask if I needed to get the other call.  Since I don't
> have the click anymore, and some people don't ever give me the chance
> to get a word in edgewise, I'd like to have a bell that sounds like a
> phone ringing --- I'd like to keep it next to the phone, and push (or

This probably isn't what you want, but I recently saw a small device
at a card store that produces one of four sounds depending on the
button you press: a ringing telephone (a call on another line), static
(bad connection), a nasal secretary ("you have a call on line 4"), and
a busy office (lots of phones ringing).


 - Paul Krzyzanowski
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