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From: begeman@milano.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: RS phone cords (really party lines)
Message-ID: <1130@milano.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 09:50:08 EST
Article-I.D.: milano.1130
Posted: Mon Mar 10 09:50:08 1986
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Summary: Party lines and ring sequences

In article <173@chronon.UUCP>, eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black) writes:

> For party lines with two parties this means nobody gets
> a ring meant for the other party.  If there are more than two parties
> on the line, the long-short-count-'em codes for rings must be used.

Not quite true.  For my first 3 years in my farmhouse, I was on a 4-party
line and we each got only the rings that were meant for us.  There was a
"ring decoder" outside the house which apparently took care of the "address
recognition".  One caveat (no explanation offered) is that I couldn't get
touch-tone service with the party line.  Telco said it would mess up the
other people on the party line.
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	Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

Michael L. Begeman              Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp
Software Technology Program     Austin (where the sun always shines) Texas

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