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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Modems
Message-ID: <739@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 04:18:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 16 04:18:57 1986
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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Keywords: Amiga Modems 1200RS Answermate

In article <2254@gitpyr.UUCP> curtis@gitpyr.UUCP (Curtis Crowson) writes:
>
>The 'Amiga specific' modems (like the Answermate) were to take advantage
>of the special features of the Amiga....Well that's what I heard.  Sure, 
>I could buy any stand alone modem, but why not get something that could
>accept push-button tones and pass them along to the Amiga (Tecmar) so that
>you could have a program that could accept user input using the phone keypad,
>or one that could save/retrieve digitized messages for use as an answering
>machine (Answermate/Commodore).  The 1200RS was just added in my discussion
>since I was still curious about when it would be released.  I have been 
>informed that IT is currently available from dealers.  I have also been
>told (as a rumor) that the Answermate project has been abandoned.
>
>--Curtis Crowson                       {pick-a-root}!gatech!gitpyr!curtis

Clarification:

The Amiga-Modem 1200 RS aka 1680 is Amiga related, but not Amiga specific.
It works just fine on PC, terminals and wherever else RS232 modems are
appropriate.

There's nothing really special about it beyond the Amiga name.  It is
however, Commodores first stand-alone RS232 modem.  All previous modems
were siamesed to a VIC, C64 or whatever.

The answermate project is on hold, not specifically dead, although the cobwebs
are getting pretty thick.  It does take advantage of some of the Amiga's
features.  I would be interested in hearing how irresistable a computer
controlled answering machine/modem/voice thingie would be, and whether you
would really want to leave your amiga turned on all the time to service the
unit...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
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Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)