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- From: paul@hsh.com
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: RING "Hello?"
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.135122.259@hsh.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:51:22 GMT
- References: <1e2a3gINN6dh@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <127.5378@uonline.com>
- Organization: HSH Associates
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- In article <127.5378@uonline.com>, rjus@uonline.com (ren_just) writes:
- > patrickd@wpi.WPI.EDU (Lazer) writes:
- > : I'm looking for a program to either:
- > : 1) do nothing (tying up the computer) until the phone rings (and the program
- > : stops)
- > : 2) runs in the background monitoring the modem until the phone rings and it
- > : executes a specified command line
- > :
- > : EITHER is fine. MS-DOS or Macintosh format please. What I plan to do is
- > : have a Sound and have the computer play that sound when the phone rings
- > : BUT THE MODEM CANNOT ANSWER THE PHONE. I've tried waiting for RING in a
- > : Telix script to no avail. Can someone send source code or a program or tell
- > : me where to FTP it?
- > :
- > : You see...my phone sounds too much like my room-mates (we have 2 lines).
- > :
- > : Ideas? Comments? Free money? Send them to me.
- > : --
- >
- > Boy, I have heard of doing things the long way around, but you are taking it
- > to the extreme. Why don't you just open you phone up and replace the ringer
- > in it? Or hook it up to something that makes some interesting noises (a
- > modified toy, etc).
- >
- > Just my .02 worth...
-
- Why not just buy a cheap answering machine, Patrick? Or -- if you *really*
- want to get fancy -- buy a BigMouth board for your PC, and enter the enchanting
- world of voicemail? :-)
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