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From: wizard@dse.UUCP (Mike Willett)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: computer dialing
Message-ID: <208@dse.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 18:43:38 GMT
References: <1034@uni2.bcm.tmc.edu> <4650006@hpihoah.HP.COM>
Organization: Ampex Design Support, Colo. Spgs., Co.
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Summary: Call waiting.. You probably can disable it!

In article <4650006@hpihoah.HP.COM>, bruce@hpihoah.HP.COM (Bruce LaVigne) writes:
> We have a system that does that here in Cupertino, CA.  It's main purpose is
> not moving the call cost to the company, but as a security measure.  You dial
> up the system (it's called DEFENDER) and it answers in an electronically
> generated voice.  You then punch in your access code, confirm, and the system
> will dial you back at a number you have registered to that access code.
> It works great except for when (like me) you want call waiting on your phone
> line.  There's no way to disable the feature on an incoming call without
> putting the computer on hold, which causes it to disconnect.  It just means
> that you log on after about 10, when the chances of getting a call are small.
> 
> -bruce

Here in Colorado, you can disable call waiting by dialing a prefix before
the number you wish to dial.  It may be the same in California.

To dial our computer from home, I dial 1170 and then the number, using pulse
dilaing.  If your modem has the * tone capability, you can dial *70 then the
number.

Here are some examples:    11705551212
                            *705551212
I believe the party that rings you while using the line with 1170 or *70
will get a busy signal.

Hope this helps!  I know the pain of being bumped off by a salesman selling
subscriptions garbage magazines, newspapers, etc.....
-- 
			Michael Willett Ampex Corporation AVSD
			{ascvax,avsd,avsdS,hp-lsd,hpldola}!dse!wizard
Man's mind stretched by a new idea, never goes back to it's original dimensions
		                                         --Oliver Wendell Holms