25 Feb
2003
25 Feb
'03
1:15 p.m.
Anyody know anything about a Lambda Compudialer 729? It looks kind of like a desktop
calculator but it's actually a phone dialer. It's not the automatic dialer
advertised by those telephone SCAMMERS Compudial. This dates from 1979.
Joe
25 Feb
25 Feb
3:51 p.m.
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. One device would redial a busy number
continuously until it got through. (Demon dialer?) I sold them to
businesses and car phone users.
Bryan
Joe wrote:
Anyody know anything about a Lambda Compudialer 729?
It looks kind of like a desktop calculator but it's actually a phone dialer. It's
not the automatic dialer advertised by those telephone SCAMMERS Compudial. This dates from
1979.
Joe
26 Feb
26 Feb
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
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