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From: jim@mmsac.UUCP (Jim Lips Earl)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Wanted: Phone-in-use Indicator
Message-ID: <2960@mmsac.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 89 19:20:27 GMT
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In-reply-to: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us's message of 27 Dec 89 14:36:56 GMT

Jon Zeeff says:

 > You can buy these devices if you don't want to make one.  Usually called
 > a "phone stopper" and is sold for use with answering machines.  They work
 > well.  About $10.
 
Remember that you need one of these devices for *each* phone on the
line.  So if you have 3 phones, we are talking $30 here.  On the other
hand, if you have a soldering iron and some solder, you can build them
for about $3 apiece.  $9 vs. $30 sounds pretty appealing to me.

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