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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Need a *smart* alarm clock - (nf)
Message-ID: <4917@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Jul-84 23:47:04 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 15 23:47:04 1984
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Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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In article <997@cbneb.UUCP> ibh@cbneb.UUCP (Alex Hakim) writes:
~| The Northern Telcom Displayphone is a terminal with a built in  (speaker)
~| phone.  It also contains a reminder service that you enables you to set an
~| alarm for any date, hour, minute, and a message. It emits a buzzing sound 
~| once the alarm goes off and displays a message on the screen.  It is a nifty 
~| little terminal as well evan though I have not been able to find a termcap 
~| for it to run something like vi or rogue yet.

The Displayphone is a cute little beast which could even go on an
executive's desk without being too intrusive. BUT, it only runs 300
baud, not 1200, even thought it has a direct (built-in) modem
connection to the phone line.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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