flakey telephone ...

Bill Cerny bill at toto.UUCP
Thu Sep 28 00:28:56 AEST 1989


In article <360 at gnosys.UUCP>, gst at 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.
-- 
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