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- Path: sparky!uunet!infoserv!uonline!rjus
- From: rjus@uonline.com (ren_just)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: RING "Hello?"
- Message-ID: <127.5378@uonline.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 02:21:49 GMT
- References: <1e2a3gINN6dh@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- Organization: Just Computers!
- Lines: 25
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- 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...
-
-