[H-GEN] Phone and Computer

[Allen Grace]

On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Daehenoc wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, oPiate wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering yesterday what can I do with the second phone connector
> > plug in my pooter. I usually have a phone connected to it so I dont have
> > to change the cord at the wall everytime I want to switch between modem
> > and phone. So i was basically wondering if anyone else had some sort of
> > similiar setup and would be willing to give me a few tips
> 
> Umm - plug in some other telephony device, answering machine maybe? 
> (Satellite dish?) I have to unplug my phone from my modem when I want to
> connect to questnet, 'cause the current drawn by the phone can cause the
> modem to drop carrier :( btw why did you unplug your phone?
> 

I've always been curious to find out if you could divert phone signals
passing through the modem in this way into the computer somehow, because
then you could implement a "dial your id for outside line" kind of thing
that would be very handy at phone bill time.

I've no idea if the hardware supports such a thing.


allen
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PD: pardon of my horror syntax english. you must be patient with me.


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