7 Jul
2000
7 Jul
'00
2:32 p.m.
On 7 Jul 2000, Eric Smith wrote:
AFAIK, *ALL* phone switches are weird proprietary
things. Some of the
latest small ones happen to be based on PCs, but their still weird
proprietary things.
Actually, the PC-based ones generally use standard off-the-shelf
pc-telephony hardware from either Dialogic or Natural Microsystems. There
are other manfacturers such as Pika and Brooktrout (formerly Rhetorex).
Their drivers and APIs are usually available for free download from their
FTP sites (if you know where to look) and the boards are relatively easy
to program (if you know what you're doing).
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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