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From: pete@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Pete Hsi )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: 1670 modem: How to dis-able when NOT using terminal program???
Message-ID: <741@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Date: 24 Jan 88 22:31:02 GMT
Organization: Univ of Maryland Baltimore County
Lines: 24
Keywords: 1650 modem, no hang-up, phone, answer, BUZZZZZZZZ, ARGH!!!!!


This may have happened to you too:

You are running a program on your C64 with your 1670 modem plugged in.  The
phone rings. But before you can pick-up the phone, the modem auto-answers
the phone. Meanwhile the caller, thinking there is a malfunctionn in the
phone lines, hangs-up. You are ready to tear your hair out (well at least I
am).

QUESTION:
How do you disable the modem? I do not wish to physically disconnect the
modem because it's extra wear and tear on the equipment. Remember, I am not
running a terminal program.

I'll take any solutions: everything from software (provide lines of code)
to building a switch box (provide schematics). By the way, my friend's IBM
clone and Hayes-compatible modem does this too.

Thanks in advance
--Pete
Univs. of Maryland Baltimore County  (UMBC == "U Must Be Crazee" :-)
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