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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone Answering Machines
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 20:04:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 20:04:08 1986
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> Actually, many now just use two standard cassettes.  

Careful with standard cassettes; they have leaders that cause a dead space
at the beginning.  Most answering machines use leaderless cassettes to
avoid a moment of silence on the message and a Nixon on the recording.