Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpcuhb!hpda!hpcuhc!dclaar From: dclaar@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Doug Claar) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Telephone device Message-ID: <107710001@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com> Date: 11 Dec 90 00:46:29 GMT References: <6806@uceng.UC.EDU> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 8 The phones hook up to the device, and the device to the line. The device generates ringing voltage, etc for the phones. Given this implementation, it is (I think) obvious how it works, and how to bypass it: Physically. Doug Claar HP Computer Systems Division UUCP: mcvax!decvax!hplabs!hpda!dclaar -or- ucbvax!hpda!dclaar ARPA: dclaar%hpda@hplabs.HP.COM