Emerson SWITCHBOARD information 4 U ! I finally got around to getting this little gem. There are two kinds, one is with Caller ID the other is without. Cost is 34 and 39 plus shipping. Mine was 46 in total, made in China, where else!
Unit works just fine! As you know, if on line with just one line, caller will get a busy signal and you get nothing. With call waiting, caller still gets a busy, provided you used *70 to defeat the call waiting, and you still get nothing. With call waiting, caller still hears a ring, provided you DID NOT use *70 to defeat the call waiting, and you get dropped almost immediately from your internet connection, but since only the tone is sent and you can not hear it, you still get nothing. Your phone does NOT ring, just the tone that you can not hear is sent, so you still get nothing. Now with the Emerson SWITCHBOARD, you DO NOT use *70, even with call waiting, a call will ring the phone, overriding your internet connection, which is dropped almost immediately, but you can reestablish it after the call that you can now answer is completed. Needless to say, if you are downloading an important program, go back and set *70 just for this session, otherwise I can now allow a call to override the computer connection, which is what I paid $ 40 bucks for in the first place. The instructions talk about you setting the modem S10 register to 255, but I was not able to find it or set it. This supposedly would allow the internet connection to last for a short call without immediately dropping, kind of a internet ON HOLD thing. Bill Neill, ONE line-er! ===== 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Courier fixed width font, composing line out 70 and viewing line in 72 Computer: Mac Power PC 6500 @ 300 Mh, internal 33.6 modem Mac OS: 8.5.1, 64Mb with V9.0 RAM Doubler = 192 Mb Disks: ATA bus, (internal) 2Mb hd; SCSI bus, (external box) 4 Gb hd; F, Zip, and CD 100% SOLAR POWERED Mac, off grid!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
