Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:3379 comp.sys.ibm.pc:24782 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Modem and ans. mach. on same line!! Message-ID: <13378@ncoast.ORG> Date: 15 Feb 89 02:45:04 GMT References: <1903@loral.UUCP> <5091@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems Distribution: usa Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 25 As quoted from <5091@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> by zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff): +--------------- | In article <1903@loral.UUCP> jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay C. Bowden) writes: | >I saw a new gadget advertised in the Feb '89 COMPUUTER SHOPPER | >that is supposed to allow you to let a modem share a line with | >a voice answering machine. Works like this: Call first, let the | >phone ring ONCE ONLY. Clever box understands this ISOLATED ring | | If you are dialing into a Unix system, could save the $100 and get my | software that does this. Let me know if you want a copy. +--------------- There exist smart boxes which allow a fax machine to cohabit a phone line with a phone or modem. The main problem with doing this specifically for modems is that you have to deal with 300, 1200, 2400, and 4 or 5 different versions of 9600 baud... in particular, Telebits are guaranteed to give such a product severe heartburn. (Actually, 1200/2400 and most 9600 baud modems use the same base carrier frequency. And then there's Telebit.) ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@ncoast.org uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@ NCoast Public Access UN*X - (216) 781-6201, 300/1200/2400 baud, login: makeuser