gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) (09/27/89)
In article <866@kcdev.UUCP> obrien@kcdev.UUCP (John Obrien x4089) writes: > > ...Incidently, I saw a "disable call waiting" recently on > the Missouri state legislature BBS. For DOS pc's no doubt but maybe > it could be made to work for us??? Well, I just recently got call-waiting with the "disable" option (only on my voice line, which I'm forced to use for data communications while I await settlement of the NYNEX strike for re-installation of my data line following a recent move), and find I can utilize it easily. For example, my L.sys entry for THE STORE! is: shop Any ACU 1200 *70,12019574646 "" \r\d\r ogin:--ogin:--ogin: shop (The "*70" part selects call-waiting-disable, and the "," specifies a pause, to wait for the bzzz-bzzz which confirms the disable.) Note that the call-waiting-disable feature is not available at all offices which provide call-waiting. -- Gary S. Trujillo gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us Somerville, Massachusetts {spdcc,ima,wjh12,cdp}!gnosys!gst
bill@toto.UUCP (Bill Cerny) (09/27/89)
In article <360@gnosys.UUCP>, gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) writes: > For example, my L.sys entry for THE STORE! is: > > shop Any ACU 1200 *70,12019574646 "" \r\d\r ogin:--ogin:--ogin: shop > > (The "*70" part selects call-waiting-disable, and the "," specifies a pause, > to wait for the bzzz-bzzz which confirms the disable.) The pause after '*70' isn't necessary. The confirmation tone (treble burst of dial tone) is a courtesy only; the DTMF digit receiver is still listening for the rest of the number. -- Bill Cerny "The cost of living just went up another $1 a fifth." bill@toto.cts.com - W. C. Fields
obrien@kcdev.UUCP (John Obrien x4089) (09/27/89)
As you say Gary, Disable call waiting is not available in all areas! I suspect as a device to enable the local phone companies to sell extra lines to desperate modem users( that's what I'm going to do) Disable CW is not available in my area and before I buy a separate line I'm going to see if I can get the source code from this BBS The remarks say it really works, so I suspect that it does access the phone companies switch and affects it some way. If they won't provide what we need someone will I guess. Thanks to all the responses to my pleas; I still don't know why I get "Failed to Attach Shared Memory" messages??
jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) (09/29/89)
In article <164@toto.UUCP> bill@toto.UUCP (Bill Cerny) writes: >> >> (The "*70" part selects call-waiting-disable, and the "," specifies a pause, >> to wait for the bzzz-bzzz which confirms the disable.) > >The pause after '*70' isn't necessary. The confirmation tone (treble >burst of dial tone) is a courtesy only; the DTMF digit receiver is >still listening for the rest of the number. While this is true in some telephone switches (like the AT&T ESS), it is not true in others, such as the Northern Telecom DMS. One should test this first before removing the pause. -- Jim Gottlieb Info Connections, Tokyo, Japan _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ <jimmy@pic.ucla.edu> or <jimmy@denwa.uucp> or <attmail!denwa!jimmy> Fax: (011)+81-3-239-7453 Voice Mail: (011)+81-3-944-6221 ID#82-42-424