Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wu1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!rna!cubsvax!wu1!rf From: rf@wu1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: From a recent WU specification (sillyness) Message-ID: <328@wu1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 15:24:05 EST Article-I.D.: wu1.328 Posted: Thu Dec 13 15:24:05 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 01:50:37 EST Organization: Western Union Telegraph, Mahwah, NJ Lines: 30 Part of the proposed test procedure for a recent Western Union terminal adapter consists of telephoning the owner and having him place the telephone mouthpiece next to the terminal adapter's monitor speaker. As result *all* the sounds made by the terminal adapter must be standardized. So, the specification contains: 2.2.7 Charge Signal Terminal adapters can use their built-in speaker to sound a six-note melody resembling "Charge." Any method of generating this signal may be used. One way to sound "Charge" is to go on-hook and sound the following dialing tones: a. "1", 125 milliseconds b. "4", 125 ms. c. "2", 125 ms. d. "#", 400 ms. e. Silence, 250 ms. f. "2", 125 ms. g. "#", 750 ms. ARGH! Uucp: {decvax,ihnp4}!philabs!wu1!rf Randolph Fritz Easylink: 62905318 Western Union Telegraph Telco: 201-529-6238 90 McKee Dr. 201-529-6221 Mahwah, NJ 07430