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From: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Modem to Modem minus telephone network
Message-ID: <6993@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 91 00:48:01 GMT
References: <1991Feb26.094452@snoc01.enet.dec.com> <1991Feb26.181823.17434@ims.alaska.edu>
Reply-To: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <1991Feb26.181823.17434@ims.alaska.edu> ftpam1@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>     Telephone modems often operate fine without the -48V supply from the 
>telco line.  The trick is to get them to dial without waiting for the dial
>tone; this will depend on the modem and perhaps how it is programmed.
>

  I have owned two Hayes compatible modems, and both were quite content
  to dial sans dial tone (much to the dismay of my wife, who usually
  happens to be on the line when I try this).

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Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM 

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