> 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.
i try to be nice to the CO and use the 600 ohm resistors. dave
>
> Nice idea to build your own gadgets. 8^)
>
> ------------
> Jeff Mountin
> sysop@mixcom.com
>
> MIX Communications
> Serving the Internet since 1990
>
> Sure my business card says "Senior Network Administrator"
> They still make me do just about anything.
>