Re: busy out

MIX System Operator (sysop@mixcom.com)
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 14:10:57 -0500

At 01:52 PM 6/27/96 -0500, Dave Algeo wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Jason Marshall wrote:
>> > If you have 66-blocks, you can busy a line just by wedging two pennies
>> > between the bridging clips.
>>
>> I don't normally carry 30 pennies with me in case a portmaster goes down
>> *8-) Plus, that's going to get damned expensive! I'm an ISP, not a
>> bank! hee hee.
>>
>4- 6 channel open collector driver, 30 - 600ohm resistors and 1 db25
>connector and all can be done remotely with cu to com port.

Either you are on a older switch or you are not aware that you can dead
short the lines and the CSO's switch will drop the line until the short is
gone, which in most cases the line will free up instantly. There are cases
where the will drop out of the hunt, but I have only had that happen once.

Nice idea to build your own gadgets. 8^)

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Jeff Mountin
sysop@mixcom.com

MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990

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