Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book

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From: si... Simon Turner
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:00

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On Tuesday, in article <fdbqse...@mid.individual.net>
     use...@andyburns.uk "Andy Burns" wrote:

> Simon Turner wrote:
> 
>> The timeout is now really short (a second or two)
>> I personally find it a pain, because I can no longer transfer a call
>> between phones by hanging one up and then picking up with another
> 
> Have you tried pressing RECALL, then when you hear the secondary dial 
> tone hang up the first phone and you should get a ringback so you can 
> "re-answer" the call on a different phone ...

Good point; works on BT, at least (all the phones ringing again, which
means I need to get to the other room before the answerphone picks up,
but a lot better than nothing).  Thanks!  Why didn't I think of that?

-- 
Simon Turner                                    DoD #0461
si...@twoplaces.co.uk
    Trust me -- I know what I'm doing!          -- Sledge Hammer

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