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From: julian%bongo.UUCP@nosc.mil (Julian Macassey)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Ring Indicator (With Memory)
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Date: 11 Feb 91 04:30:32 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 111, Message 3 of 12


In article <74346@bu.edu.bu.edu> stehle@erg.sri.com writes:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 103, Message 5 of 12

>I am looking for an add-on accessory that would be placed on a
>two-wire telephone line (with a T connection) that would indicate that
>the ringing voltage has appeared on the line.

	Ok, this is simple. You need a gong ringer and a dime. Wire up
the gong ringer, but the gong must be open and accessable. Place a
dime on the gong. If you find the dime on the floor, the phone has
rung.

	This system was used in Copenhagen Denmark where the phones on
Semi Automatic COs had a gong ringer top. Subscribers would place a 5
Oere (Ears) coin on the gong before going out. This was a poor
substitute for a Phone Answering machine. But hey, it was cheap if you
kept using the same coin.


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