Fred Cisin wrote:
Phone line simulators do exist. I use one that was a
"project" in
Radio-Electronics? about 15 years ago.
There was a two-part construction article "Build the Party Line" by
Thomas E. Black in the January and February 1996 issues of Electronics
Now. Unfortunately the source code for the firmware was not provided.
The object code was downloadable from the Gernsback BBS, which I'm
guessing is no longer in existence. However, I don't think it would be
hard to write replacement firmware.
It appears that it is now sold as a commercial product:
http://www.digitalproductsco.com/partyln.htm
Eric