Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Locatable Ringers Message-ID:Date: 28 Sep 89 22:29:38 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 417, message 8 of 9 In article Kenneth_R_Jongsma@cup. portal.com writes: >In a recent issue of the digest, someone mentioned that they wanted a >phone that you could locate by the sound of its ring. .... We also >all have the traditional AT&T 2500 telephones on our desks. Unfortunately, >they are the new electronic ringer style [and all sound the same.] ROLM phones have for years had the option to set the ringing sound to any of eight different warbles ranging from high and squeaky to fairly deep. This feature is specifically intended for the situation where there are several phones within hearing distance of each other. I find that it works quite nicely, at least until some joker sneaks into your office and changes your ring. I am astonished that considering all of the ergonomic work that AT&T at least used to do on their phones, they haven't provided this simple feature. John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, Levine@YALE.edu Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe