[Coco] I'm grilling in January in shorts and no shirt.....

[Darren A.]

> 
> A long time ago I remember dialing phone numbers using pulses from my 
> old 16k CoCo 2.  I can't remember what output signals I used but I'm 
> sure it wasn't safe for the CoCo.  Ofcourse, you can dial phone 
> numbers from any OLD phone that has a manual hook.  Lift it and lower 
> it back real quick for a pulse.  A 0 is 10 pulses, though.  Just like 
> morse code, you just need to put an extra delay in between the pulse sequences.
> 
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Hey Roger, I did the same thing!  I rigged up a cable from the cassette port to an old telephone and used the motor relay in the CoCo to pulse dial. Ahh, memories...

Darren

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