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From: vances@xenitec.on.ca (Vance Shipley)
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Subject: Re: Number Editing on Telephones
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Date: 2 Oct 89 16:57:26 GMT
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In article  vicorp!charlie@uunet.uu.
net (Charlie Goldensher) writes:

>This brings up a question that I've had for some time.  Is there a
>telephone set on the market with editing capability?  What I'd like
>most is a backspace key.  Especially, now, when a telephone number can
>contain ten or more digits, it is extremely frustrating to hit an
>incorrect final digit.  The case sighted above would be considerably
>more frustrating.

On a Northern Telecom SL-1 PBX using M2317 type sets you have this
feature.  If you start to dial a number without having lifted the
handset or pressing a line key it is displayed on the LCD and may be
backspaced over and corrected during dialling.  The number is actually
dialled only when you lift the handset or depress a line key.  You may
also press 'LAST#' or 'SAVED#' and display the stored number,
backspacing still works!


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