Date   : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:10:28 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: [OT] ADSL capabilities

Rick Murray wrote:
> On 22/03/2010 09:49, Rob wrote:
> 
>> I used to get the cheap and dumb modems to dial by
>> toggling them oflfine and online very quickly, too...
> 
> ROTFL! :-)
> 
> 
> On a more serious note, I wonder if anybody has designed a little 
> PIC-like thingy to hook on to a phone line to intercept pulse dials and 
> emit tones. I guess it'd be a little more complex than it sounds because 
> of a need to pass traffic on the line whilst insulating the real line 
> from the behaviour of the pulse signalling.

Yes, I could use one of those - but also to use with the US system, and I 
don't know how similar that is in terms of tones, line voltages etc.

I've got an old black 1940's GPO phone that I'd like to hook up sometime (and 
a wooden bell-box to go with it, although ISTR my phone lacks the gubbins to 
drive the bell)

cheers

Jules