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From: waters@KARNAC.DEC (Lester Waters  PCSG)
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: placing a phone line on hold
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 11:11:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 11:11:01 1985
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	I have a multiline phone with my Bell 212 modem. There is only
one 2-wire input to the phone for line 1.  After fooling with the
phone for a while, I managed to hook up line 2, so now I can select
either line 1 or line 2.  Unfortunately, this phone is a little different
since it hooks into the Bell 212. The phone does not ring when a call
comes in on line 2 (but I can answer it if I hear the other phone on that
line ring). Also, the red HOLD button does not work for either line.
Does anyone know how I might:

	(a) Get the red HOLD button to work properly (if anyone out
	    there has a real familiarity with multiline Bell phones)

			- or -

	(b) build an external circuit which I can use to place one
	    line on 'hold' and direct the other line into the phone.
	    (Radio Shack sells something like this for $50 -- what's
	    inside it?)


			Lester Waters
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