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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Call number ID
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Date: 15 Feb 91 22:35:02 GMT
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OK, we all know what Caller ID is by now.  How about some quickminded programmer
take the sting out of this for everyone.

Why can't someone do the code to use one's computer modem to do the caller ID
inquiry.  If it's a matter of the switchhood voltage drop, a simple circuit 
should take care of that.  Surley these $125 boxes are just expensive tone
encoders with a little memory.  I'd register a few dollars for a shareware
program that does that.  

(I think ol' ma' bell may have smelled this one, there is probably some very
explicit reason why it can't be done, just the way they wanted it....)