13 Mar
2003
13 Mar
'03
2:47 p.m.
Ade, can you CC me in on replies to this? Ta :)
Nope, last year. At least two of the contestants did their entries on real
OPDs.....
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Adrian Vickers
Sent: 12 March 2003 10:14
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto
That's where I'm falling down - I haven't got any documentation!
I've been told they do tone dialling too,
based on the unsupported DIP
switches in the telephony module. Haven't tried it though;
all of my OPDs
are downstairs in boxes.
The DIP switches aren't unsupported, they're actually documented... in the world) in 1986. I think (not tried this) that
it can respond with
a different message on each line, and it can change messages depending
on the time of day - but not day of week...
See my follow-up on the technical breakdown on the answering gubbins :)
It definitely can't say "good morning",
as "good" isn't in the
vocabulary :)
*now* you've made me want to get a machine out just to check, but I'm sure
it is....a task for tomorrow.....
actually
recorded their OPDs saying rude things, so I just
*had* to have a
go myself....hehe.....
Erm, "not so long ago"? Sort of like 1987, maybe? What's this about a hi-res monitor? I assume you
mean a larger one than
the 9" B&W which seems to be the norm for these machines? Is it colour?
There was 2 (if not 3) monitor choices - hi-res colour Microvitec as used on
the OPD, low-res colour and mono 9" as used on the Tonto. The low-res colour
I've not seen examples of, but I've got the other 2.
I'd like to get a pin-out of the monitor/power
connector - I'm not sure
if it's in any of the manuals I've got.
Not sure I can help there.
I can scan mine in if you like. I don't believe
I'm doing anything on
Sunday yet...
If you can do that there's some beerz in it for you :)
cheers
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