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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Modems capturing caller-ID?
Message-ID: <6562.2772E8C7@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 14:08:39 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario

UUCP (tnixon@hayes.uucp) wrote:

 >To the best of my knowledge, no major modem manufacturer has 
 >actually announced that they're going to support the Caller ID 
 >feature in their modems.  Lots of folks are talking about it, but it 
 >appears that most are waiting to see how widespread the feature 
 >actually turns out to be and what the regulatory acceptance will be 
 >before investing much in the way of engineering.

   That's ironic from a company that sells ISDN products.  Caller-ID is 
widespread and I'm sure it will catch on much faster than ISDN, even if the 
latter will replace it in the long run.

 >Our ISDN PC Adapter can deliver the information as part
 >of the "RING" message, store it in a string register, or both.

   Hmm, "RING FROM 5551212<cr>". "ATS99?<cr>" "5551212<cr><cr>OK<cr>"

   I would really look forward to a modem that would do this! 

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