[thechat] Windows Phone Dialer help required

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, William Anderson wrote:

> Olly Hodgson wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org
> > > Subject: [thechat] Windows Phone Dialer help required
> > >
> > > Have anybody from you ever used Phone Dialer application
> > > provided with Windows operating system? I have tried to use
> > > it many times but it always dials the number (I hear those
> > > usual "toon toon taan taan" voices from modem) and after it
> > > no response. I don't know where I am doing wrong. Any help
> > > will be appreciated.
> >
> > I think that's all its supposed to do - dial the phone :-)
>
>
> Yup - it's an excellent diagnostic tool to check that modems are working,
> phone lines are working, and it's also handy to find your mobile phone when
> you can't remember where you've left it last ...

...and you don't, you know, have a phone to hand with buttons (or a dial)
on it...

Cheers
Martin
(who's wondering why, with a broadband cable connection and a mobile, he
has a land line at home)

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