Date   : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:40:28 -0000
From   : dominic@... (Dominic Beesley)
Subject: [OT] ADSL capabilities

I've got quite a few old rotary phones and they all just work subject to
making sure they've been adjusted for new phone sockets... see
http://www.britishtelephones.com/pstconv1.htm

Dom

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> bounces+dominic=brahms.demon.co.uk@...] On Behalf Of
> Rick Murray
> Sent: 23 March 2010 03:25
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> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] [OT] ADSL capabilities
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Rick.
> 
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