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From: ciaraldi@rochester.ARPA (Mike Ciaraldi)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
Subject: Re: Indicator light for telephone rings
Message-ID: <21565@rochester.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 21:54:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 13 21:54:17 1986
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In article <1976@ihuxl.UUCP> kae@ihuxl.UUCP (Alan Edwards) writes:
>> Has anyone successfully wired a small light to a telephone so that it
>> will illuminate when it rings....
>
>    Yes, people that are Hearing Impaired have been attaching such
>  devices to their phones for quite a while now, a ringing phone
>  doesn't do them much good.  As for where to get such devices I
>  have addresses from which you can order FCC approved devices.

Also, your friendly neighborhood Radio Shack store sells
a device which plugs into the phone line and also into the
AC wall socket.  It has a socket on it, too.
So, you plug in a lamp or indeed any AC-powered device,
and it will go on and off with your ringing phone.

Mike Ciaraldi
seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester