> When a modem goes bad, or one of our Livingston Portmasters :) is offline
> and we need to busy a line, what do we use, and where can we buy them?
> (Would an Appletalk "terminator" work for instance?). If they can not be
> purchased is there a way to make such an item? (I'm interested in
> busying lines so that the rest of the hunt group is not affected).
>
The best (and cheapest) method is to get a few of those spare phone cords
that they ship with all the modems, cut one in half and twist the red and
green together. This is ok, but after a couple of months the telco you
use might call you to tell you about the short.
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