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From: jcm@mtunb.ATT.COM (was-John McMillan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Recycling 3b1's (was: Re: Documented but un-obvious UNIX tr
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Date: 15 Nov 89 20:01:14 GMT
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Reply-To: jcm@mtunb.UUCP (was-John McMillan)
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The System 25 has an Automated Attendant option.  The 3B1, using
Voice Power board & software, provides that functionality.  This
provides your standard "If you want to speak to Sales, enter 1..."
dialogue with the callers.

That feature turned out to be much more popular than they expected:
they had not inventoried enough 3B1's to cover sales until the
6386 version became [becomes] ready.  Ergo, they are taking older
machines and upgrading them to required RAM/disk levels.

(Conversely, the 6386 VP has probably not become available as
quickly as they'd expected.)

That's more than I know on the subject.

john mcmillan	-- att!mtunb!jcm -- muttering to SELF, not THEM