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#Phone connection?

    10-Apr-93 17:00:32
Sb: #Phone connection?
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: All
I'm looking for a device to connect two phone lines. I want to be able to dial line 1, have it answer, then pick up line 2 (at line 1's location) and let me dial a second number. I'm not looking for a call-forwarding device (like the Radio Shack CFS-200). I don't want to call a specific number, I want to dial it myself. It would be nice if this gizmo was bi-directional, accepting calls on line 2 and passing them to line 1. I know some corporate-like phone systems can do this, but has anyone ever heard of a standalone device? (BTW, I did try to out-smart the CFS-200 into doing this. I programmed a call-forward number of "pause pause" so that it wouldn't really dial a second number. However, it was too smart for its own good: it requires to hear a voice at the other end before it connects line 2 to line 1, although it's actually "dialed" on line 2.) (Why do I ask here? Well, if the hams don't know, who will? 🙂 There are 2 Replies. Read action !