Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!world!jon_sree From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Modems capturing caller-ID? Message-ID: Date: 25 Dec 90 18:28:12 GMT References: <6562.2772E8C7@zswamp.fidonet.org> <1822@blackbird.afit.af.mil> <138686@pyramid.pyramid.com> Sender: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) Organization: The World Lines: 37 In-Reply-To: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com's message of 24 Dec 90 18:28:41 GMT In article <138686@pyramid.pyramid.com> csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: >> Hmm, "RING FROM 5551212". "ATS99?" "5551212OK" >> I would really look forward to a modem that would do this! >Me too! Then the modem would answer all my calls! So expand it a little, to make it *really* useful: the modem has a table of phone numbers to which it will auto-answer; all others it ignores. You can Caller ID boxes are already being sold inexpensively. Hello Direct (1-800-HI-HELLO) has an AT & T unit, with an LCD display, for $59.95 This says that the price for a caller id board can potentially be much less. (Unless AT & T is artificially pricing them low ) A likely scenario is a standalone caller ID board that plugs into your pc bus, has 2 RJ11 jacks ; plug the telephone line into one of them, and plug the modem into the other. The board traps ringing until it picks up the caller id, wakes up a TSR to decide what to do, and either connects the incoming line to the outgoing jack, or lets it ring forever. So you can get the caller ID function without having to buy a new modem; you can use the 'filtered' output for your voice calls, fax, modem, or other purposes. As Toby says, people are probably waiting to see if the concept (caller ID) catches on. We're not making such a board ourselves :-) / Jon Sreekanth Assabet Valley Microsystems Fax and PC products 346 Lincoln St #722, Marlboro, MA 01752 508-562-0722 jon_sree@world.std.com