Re: Direct Cable file transfer

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>> 
>>> |>Is there any way to use the modems to transfer files, without one modem
>>> |>having to call the other?
>>>
>>> probably, but -I- don't know....  (i'm willing to learn, though!  <g>)
>>>
>>>This would depend very much on the modems involved.  They would have to
>>>be able to work in a "leased line" mode.
>> 
>> There is no need!  You can just take your phone off the hook until the
>> dialtone goes dead.
>
>This isn't going to work in all cases.  In New Zealand, we generally get
>a "disconnected" tone if the dialtone has timed out.  (This is a
>constant beeping which would prevent any modem communication.)

Both you and Greg say this and I am a little confused.  Does this
constant beeping continue indefinitely?  On my phone service, if you
leave the line off the hook, when the dialtone times out, we too get
a rapid beep-beep-beep-beep.  However, after two minutes or so of
beeping, the line goes completely silent.  That's when I can get
modem communication between two computers on my phone line.

I don't know how it works in New Zealand, but in the U.S.A., the
whole country used to behave this way.  With the breakup of Bell
Systems, this may have changed for many parts of the country,
but it has remained the same for me....