Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wales@cs.ucla.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Rolm -- the PBX with a "conscience"? Message-ID: Date: 3 Aug 89 19:04:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Rich Wales Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 273, message 2 of 8 The recent mention of Rolm PBXs reminded me of one of Rolm's radio commercials several years ago. This was one of those "cutesy" commercials with funny sound effects to illustrate each of their points (sort of like how AT&T's ads for their new distinctive "bong-chime-AT&T" sound illustrate the concept of a "friendly" sound by having someone say "Y-y-y-yo, it's AT&T!"). One of the selling points in Rolm's radio commercials was that their equipment had a "conscience". This point was punctuated by a "ding" from a little bell, followed by a soft "this is your conscience" female voice saying, "Is that a *personal* call?" Now, obviously, I realize that Rolm PBX's never *really* went "ding" and asked "Is that a *personal* call?" :-} But can anyone out there tell me exactly what Rolm's "conscience" feature really was? Was it something as mundane as a printed log of every number called from every extension -- so that a manager could go through the list later on and inquire about calls to unfamiliar phone numbers? -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department // +1 (213) 825-5683 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024-1596 // USA wales@CS.UCLA.EDU ...!(uunet,ucbvax,rutgers)!cs.ucla.edu!wales "K-9, I think we're going to find out what it's like to be a cricket ball."