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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Modems
Message-ID: <148600140@uiucuxc>
Date: Sun, 14-Sep-86 22:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 14 22:37:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!hamilton    Sep 14 21:37:00 1986


>> 	Alright, once again I must ask.... What is happening with the
>> Amiga specific modems?  

>Why do you want an Amiga-specific modem anyway?  It would be much more
>flexible to have a generic Hayes-compatible 1200 or 2400 baud modem
>which most any computer system would support than to lock yourself
>into an Amiga-specific modem.

    back when there was some confusion about amiga's ability to
digitize sound (ie, when we thought maybe it could), it looked like
you could do more with an amiga and a phone than mere datacomm.
i had notions of a very fancy programmable phone answering machine.
native digitizing is out, but you could still have amiga synthesize
voice output over the phone.  you could interface the amiga to your
burglar alarm/smoke detector and have it automatically call the
police/fire dept (or a neighbor, or your office, or...).  with a
little added gadgetry, it could detect in-coming touch-tones to
allow for interaction.  you don't absolutely need an amiga-specific
modem to do these, but it might have been handy.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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