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Article #263Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls
From: Ricky Suave Stella
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:28
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:28
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berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes: >hst001@muvms3.bitnet (Donna J. Spindel) writes: >>Is there a way to set up a computer that is running on a modem so that when a >>call is coming in on the phone line being used, a signal will appear on the >>monitor to alert the computer user that there is a call? Please reply to my >>e-mail address. Thanks. >*---- >This is a trick question, right? When the phone line is being used, >a call can't come in. >-- Did you ever heard of call waiting??? Is that the case Donna? If it is, chances are the connection will be lost and you'll have beeps and garbage on the screen. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ricardo Stella Summer ONLY E-mail ----> rickys@hound.att.com Inbound Services All Time E-mail -> stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu HO 2B-603 - (908)949-3049 ...suave... AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!gandalf.rutgers.edu!stella From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky Suave Stella) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls Message-ID: <Jul.22.17.28.13.1992.22941@gandalf.rutgers.edu> Date: 22 Jul 92 21:28:13 GMT References: <110565@muvms3.bitnet> <Brt1CK.FJn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 24