9 Mar
2003
9 Mar
'03
7:04 p.m.
At 15:02 09/03/2003, John Honniball wrote:
The application software in
ROM is all communication-centred, with things like
dialling
directories and (I think) a terminal emulator.
Yep, a loadable telephone directory (so you could have different ones on
different MDVs), two terminal types (a Prestel & "glass teletype") which
would operate over the built-in modem - capable of a whopping 1200bps or
600bps half-duplex, and 300bps full duplex; also capable of a 75bps "back
channel" at 1200/600 speeds.
Due to UK telecom regulations at the time of release,
it wasn't
able to act as a telephone answering machine, though. That was
a function that only British Telecom were allowed to provide.
It does have a really nasty voice synthesizer built into it, though, so it
will take a call unattended, and play the pre-recorded messages. It lacks
the ability to say things like "Good morning" though... I think it's also
limited to a single auto-answer setting, which can be set to automatically
come on between certain times, and (possibly) overridden. I've yet to
experiment with that side of it.
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Cheers, Ade.
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