Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!ukma!gatech!linus!mbunix!mhg From: mhg@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Mark H. Granoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: need info (incoming calls while using modem) Message-ID: <36090@linus.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 88 15:41:54 GMT References: <28726@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <7622@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: mhg@mbunix (Granoff) Distribution: na Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass. Lines: 30 In article <7622@watdragon.waterloo.edu> ajmyrvold@violet.waterloo.edu (Alan Myrvold) writes: >In article <28726@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> wangzh@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Zhu Wang) writes: >> Forgive me if this is a too old or too naive question: should there be >>a device or whatever that can detect the incoming calls while I am using >>the modem to dial up a remote computer? Thanks in advance. > >This isn't the best of solutions - but some friends of mine have that >"Call-Waiting" feature from Bell where an incoming call interrupts >the current call with a beep. > >Their modem gets confused by the beep and drops the line, terminating the >remote session. If your phone has call waiting, you can temporarily disable it (on a per call basis) by pressing #70 before you dial the phone. (After pressing #70, you'll get another dial tone). The result is that callers will get a busy signal and your modem won't be interrupted. I've used this quite a lot with great success. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mark H. Granoff Member of the Technical Staff | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | USMAIL: The MITRE Corporation | ARPAnet: mhg @ mitre-bedford.ARPA | | Burlington Rd. | UUCP : linus!mbunix!mhg | | M/S B015 |-----------------------------------| | Bedford, MA 01730 | A T & T: (617) 271 - 7506 | +--------------------------- Disclaimer -----------------------------+ | The views expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily | | reflect those of my employer. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+