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From: alan@km4ba.uucp (Alan Barrow)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: fax/phone switches ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun08.070249.18674@km4ba.uucp>
Date: 8 Jun 91 07:02:49 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.193711.22400@uwasa.fi>
Organization: km4ba's packet radio gateway
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hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes:

I use the ASAP TF-505. Under $100US, and does everything
it claims to.

Some things that may be useful to you:

	Fakes several ring types. (US, european, UK, etc)

	Works with a fax, modem & answer machine. (It
	will route to all three)

	Give a busy tone to any line that picks up
	when another line has the phone line.

Some minor nits:

 	The dialing party hears:
		1 normal ring
		a loud click
		"faked rings"

The only problem with this is that some people think
the unit hung up on them. Others hear the odd ring, and
think they have a wrong number.

Most people, and all modems & faxes have no problem
with it. I use it mainly to share a home line with
a Telebit trailblazer for a partial usenet feed.	

Good Luck!


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