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From: SABAHE@macalstr.edu (Arun Baheti <SABahe@Macalstr.EDU>)
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Subject: Re: Keeping a Line "Busy" Without a Phone Off Hook
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Date: 25 Nov 90 22:01:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 845, Message 4 of 14


The way I used to do it when I ran a BBS is just to have the modem do
it for you.  On my trusty US Robotics Courier, I just used the Hayes
command set to get the phone "off hook" and I left it there until I
was done with the line.

ab