Bob, at 09:05 on Mon, May 30 1994, you wrote to Rod Speed ...

 RS> There is a pretty simple mod you can do which goes between the
 RS> phone and the phone line which prevents the phone picking the
 RS> line up. There is a commercial Austel approved one too,
 RS> outrageously priced for what it is tho, $40 from memory.

 BL> Thanks for telling me that, Rod, but you forgot to tell me what 
 BL> the mod is.  This information is as useful as a spare rat in a rat 
 BL> plague.

It's called a Mode 3 Adaptor, and should still be available from your local
TBO for around $20 (unless they've doubled in price over the last 12
months). The other alternative is to feed the incoming line directly into
your modem, which will give it priority over the rest of the phones in the
house.

Regards, Bill

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