2 Jun
2004
2 Jun
'04
2:39 p.m.
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 MTPro(a)aol.com wrote:
Poor 486; your assignment, if you choose to take it -
create a new
voicemail machine with an 8-bit computer. I mean c'mon, your the main
vintage computer representative for our hobby! Plus, Sellam, add online
access to check your messages too, that would be nice. Oh, and only use
Cobol or Fortran to program it! 8-bit computers don't need no stinkin'
fans! Thank you.
Cobol on an 8-bit? Blech. I mean, I've seen it, but blech.
At any rate, this has been done. There used to be an answering machine
for the Apple ][ that used the AppleCat as a telephony interface. It used
S.A.M. (Software Automated Mouth) to speak the outgoing message, and a
remote controlled cassette recorded to record the message. With enough
memory, you could've just digitized the incoming message through the
cassette port (I don't know if anyone ever actually tried this).
As far as checking your messages online, that too would be possible with
an internet enabled gateway connected to the Apple over a serial port ;)
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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