26 Feb
2003
26 Feb
'03
1:17 a.m.
At 10:45 PM 2/25/03 -0700, you wrote:
I remember several products of that era (can't
remember the names!) that
were designed to add functions to telephones that we take for granted
these days: call waiting, call forwarding (both required two phone
lines) and speed dialing.
Right, that's what this appears to be. Modern phones will do the same thing but
this has a large VF display. Modern phones have a tiny LCD display. I picked this up for a
friend of mine. He's nearly blind and has a very hard time reading LCD displays. For
example, he still prefers a HP-45 to the HP-41.
One device would redial a busy number
continuously until it got through. (Demon dialer?)
I still have a Demon Dialer. It's great for getting through to those ALWAYS BUSY
numbers (like tech support!) The modern phones won't redial continously like the Demon
Dialer will.
Joe