DOS answering machine ???

While we're discussing answering machines, etc., I should mention that I've got not one, but two Toshiba Infinia systems loaded with Win95. It includes not only the usual Data/FAX modem, but a through-connection to the sound card for answering machine and voice mailbox facilities. Oh yeah, it also include a TV and FM radio card. The software is something belonging to Intel called Synchro Connect. The machine has power management that pops into "sleep" mode after inactivity and will wake up to answer the phone or (via a button on the front panel, or on the remote control console or the wireless remote control) wake up for normal PeeCee type use. The answering machine isn't half bad, but I've got an answering machine that consumes negligible power and has a battery backup to save things in case of power failure, so what's the point? Didn't IBM also introduce a Win9x based PeeCee "multimedia computer" at around the same time? (1996-98--probably violates the 10 year rule, but is interesting enough that it merits a mention in that it tried to be the Swiss Army knife of home peecees.) Cheers, Chuck