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by aleks224 1658 days ago
http://www0.mi.infn.it/~calcolo/OpenVMS/ssb71/6489/6489p009....

>Each person engaged in the conversation has a viewport on the screen. Phone can display as many as six viewports at a time. The viewport contains information regarding the user's name, the text of the conversation, and various status indicators, such as who is on hold. User names of people that you have on hold can be temporarily eliminated from the screen to make room for new participants.

   ANSWER      Answers the phone when you receive a call.
   DIAL        Places a call to another user.
   DIRECTORY   Displays a list of the users you can call.
   EXIT        Exits from the Phone utility.
   FACSIMILE   Includes the contents of a file in your conversation.
   HANGUP      Cancels the current phone call.
   HELP        Displays information on how to use the Phone utility.
   HOLD        Places the other users in a call on hold.
   MAIL        Sends a message to another user.
   PHONE       Places a call to another user.
   REJECT      Rejects a call from another user.
   UNHOLD      Reverses the previous HOLD command.