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Article #2400Re: Indicator light for telephone rings
From: Mike Ciaraldi
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1986 01:54
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1986 01:54
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In article <1976@ihuxl.UUCP> kae@ihuxl.UUCP (Alan Edwards) writes: >> Has anyone successfully wired a small light to a telephone so that it >> will illuminate when it rings.... > > Yes, people that are Hearing Impaired have been attaching such > devices to their phones for quite a while now, a ringing phone > doesn't do them much good. As for where to get such devices I > have addresses from which you can order FCC approved devices. Also, your friendly neighborhood Radio Shack store sells a device which plugs into the phone line and also into the AC wall socket. It has a socket on it, too. So, you plug in a lamp or indeed any AC-powered device, and it will go on and off with your ringing phone. Mike Ciaraldi seismo!rochester!ciaraldi ciaraldi@rochester
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!think!husc6!seismo!rochester!ciaraldi From: ciaraldi@rochester.ARPA (Mike Ciaraldi) Newsgroups: misc.wanted Subject: Re: Indicator light for telephone rings Message-ID: <21565@rochester.ARPA> Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 21:54:17 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.21565 Posted: Mon Oct 13 21:54:17 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Oct-86 06:50:38 EDT References: <564@nbifet.UUCP> <1976@ihuxl.UUCP> Reply-To: ciaraldi@rochtest.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) Distribution: net Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 18