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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Modem and ans. mach. on same line!!
Keywords: modem telecom
Message-ID: <3797@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 89 20:25:49 GMT
References: <1903@loral.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
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In article <1903@loral.UUCP> jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay C. Bowden) writes:
}.<. Works like this:  Call first, let the
}phone ring ONCE ONLY.  Clever box understands this ISOLATED ring
}is a signal to SWITCH the phone line over to the MODEM for
}the next 100 seconds.  ...

[...]

}Anyone doing this type of stuff?  Talk to me!

I can see one problem already.  The number and timing of rings you hear
when you call doesn't necessarily equal the number and timing of rings at
the receiving end.  I've had many people pick up a phone I'd called before
I heard any rings.  I've had some people tell me my phone rang seven times
when I only heard it ring two or three.

Your widget will probably work most of the time, but don't expect it to
work reliably every time.

-- 
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com)  Illegitimati Nil
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