tel@cdsdb1.att.com (Thomas E Lowe) (12/06/89)
Not too long ago, someone was asking about making their answering machine stop when they pick up ANY extension on that line. I came across a little gadget that is supposed to do just that in a catalog from a company called "The Fordham-Scope Catalog". Below is the description as it reads in the catalog: Answering Machine MESSAGE STOPPER! Stop your answering machine mesage when you pick up any phone in the house. Your answering machine will automatically reset while you speak. Simply plug the Message Stopper into the telephone wall jack. Then connect your answering machine and telephone into their respective slots. The Message Stopper can also be used to prevent others from interrupting or overhearing your phone conversation. Message Stopper model #MS-2. $7.95 each 2 for $15.00 Physically, it looks like one of those two-for-one adapters that give you two plugs for one, plus a green and red led (one for each jack) The phone number for the company is 800-645-9518 (800-832-1446 in N.Y.) Supposedly their catalog is $2.00. If anyone wants, I can fax them the page that has the Message Stopper pictured. Just send me mail. Tom Lowe tel@cdsdb1.ATT.COM attmail!tlowe 201-949-0428 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Room 2E-637A Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733 (R) UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T (keep them lawyers happy!!)