BL> This information is as useful as a spare rat in a rat plague.

 RS> I see you still have all your natural charm and diplomacy about
 RS> you |-) 

  A perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. |-)

 RS> It wasnt clear if you wanted to do an illegal mod to the phone
 RS> system which could in theory cost you $12K if you get caught
 RS> with it, say dear mum calls Telecom to report a fault while you
 RS> are out/away and accidentally dobs you in.

  Oh, gee! An illegal mod! That's nearly as bad as those bastards who
use non-approved modems.

 RS> Its pretty trivial to lash up. Basically the voltage on the
 RS> phone line is quite high with all the phones on hook. If any
 RS> phone is off hook the voltage on the phone line drops to a much
 RS> lower one.

  So what do I do... hold the voltage up with the phone off hook? That
doesn't sound too hard, but what happens when my mother tries to have a
conversation with the modem?

 RS> I was going to suggest one of the mag kits, but then you know
 RS> they never work so there isnt much point in suggesting one of
 RS> those.

  Us engibeers don't need mags to tell us how to hold the volts up. We
just hook it up to the mains with one of them silly-cum biodes.

Regards,
Bob
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