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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Picking phone up while modem in use
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Date: 18 Jul 90 15:59:21 GMT
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>Shouldn't Hayes compatible modems hang up the phone that's plugged into them
>so picking up the receiver while the modem is in use won't interrupt the 

All "Hayes compatible" means is that the modem takes "AT" style commands as
popularized by Hayes long ago.

Not all modems even have a second jack for a phone, and only some that do
cut off that jack when the modem has the line off-hook.  Many modems have
two jacks that are really identical, so it doesn't matter which gets what
plugged into it.

Of course, you certainly don't *need* a phone plugged into the modem, unless
you've got something crufty like an old Vadic that's too stupid to dial on
its own.

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