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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!rfm
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:53:18 EDT
- From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92204.225318RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls
- References: <110565@muvms3.bitnet> <Brt1CK.FJn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Lines: 20
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- In article <Brt1CK.FJn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, berger@atropa (Mike Berger) says:
- >
- >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.
- >--
- Is it a "trick" question? You can buy some kind of extra added service from Ma
- Bell that will buzz/click/light a light/-- something -- to let you know that
- you have an incoming call while you're already talking to someone. What's the
- name of the service -- Callus Interuptus, or some such ??? :-) Seems like a
- neat idea to me if a modem could sense such a signal and flash a message
- on one's screen. 'Coure it would take some designing to make a modem that
- could do this.
-
- BobM
-