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From: neals@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Neal Sedell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: need info (incoming calls while using modem)
Message-ID: <3219@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 88 03:19:25 GMT
References: <28726@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <7622@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <36090@linus.UUCP> <284@mrsvr.UUCP>
Reply-To: neals@tekigm2.UUCP (Neal Sedell)
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> If your phone has call waiting, you can temporarily disable it (on a
> per call basis) by pressing #70 before you dial the phone.  (After
> pressing #70, you'll get another dial tone).  The result is that
> callers will get a busy signal and your modem won't be interrupted.
> I've used this quite a lot with great success.

Well, the magic sequence here is *70.  I tried #70 just in case my memory
had lapsed and it started ringing so I hung up.  After the *70 the dial
tone was interrupted a couple times and came back on for the actual call.
-- 
Neal Sedell