Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pre1 From: pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Grant Prellwitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Touch tone-controled modem/answering machine? Message-ID: <2510@sphinx.uchicago.edu> Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 22:53:13 EST Article-I.D.: sphinx.2510 Posted: Sun Oct 25 22:53:13 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Oct-87 00:44:31 EST References: <1702@dasys1.UUCP> <10096@felix.UUCP> Reply-To: pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Grant Prellwitz) Organization: U Chicago Computation Center Lines: 81 Keywords: modem, answering-machine, touch-tone In article <10096@felix.UUCP> bonnie@felix.UUCP (Bonnie Zemon) writes: >In article <1702@dasys1.UUCP> samperi@dasys1.UUCP (Dominick Samperi) writes: >> >>Does anyone know of a touch tone-controled modem and/or answering >>machine that can be used with a PC? What I have in mind is an >>answering machine that answers the phone and waits for a touch >>tone; if no tone is detected in xx seconds, the machine operates >>like an ordinary answering machine, inviting the caller to leave >>a voice message on tape. On the other hand, if a tone is detected >>within xx seconds, the machine operates like a modem, issuing a >>carrier signal, and going into data mode. >>-- >> Dominick Samperi, Manhattan College, New York, NY >> ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!samperi >> ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!manhat!samperi >> ...!ihnp4!{pur-ee|iuvax}!bsu-cs!zoo-hq!magpie!samperi > >Yup. We have had one operating in our Zenith PC-clone for a few years >now and love it. It is called Watson and is manufactured by Natural >Microsystems. Their address is > 6 Mercer Road > Natick, MA 01760 >and their phone number is > (617)655-0700 >It was quite expensive (~$500) when we bought it, but I believe the >price has come down quite a bit. We keep intending to call them and >find out if 1) it is now available with a 2400 baud modem (ours is a >1200 baud) and 2) if it will work with an AT or not, but haven't >gotten around to it yet. By the way, they have an 800 number (or >used to, anyhow) for a demo of the product - quite impressive. It is >(800)6WATSON. [...] >-- Bonnie Z. We just received a promo sheet regarding Watson. It listed a price of $199 and mentioned that it can operate as a Hayes compatible 1200bps modem. It is possible, however, that this was an old version that they are trying to dump before bringing a 2400bps model to market. There was another package available to go along with it that brought the price up to about $500. All they gave was a name (I don't remember it, but it was 3 letters), no idea what it does. They do apparently still have a demo running, I dont remember if the above is the correct number. I hope this is of help. On a slightly different note, Zoom Telephonics in MA has a Zoom modem (both 1200 and 2400bps models) that will decode touchtones. You should be able to use that to program your own system that will pass a message along to an answering machine if you can find a way of activating tha answering machine without any ringing. I'd guess that you would need to find a way to raise the ring indicator; in effect simulating a ring. A good place to ask about this possibility might be comp.dcom.modems p o s t i n g k i l l e r -- =====================Grant Prellwitz========================== !ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pre1 pre1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP 76474,2121 (CIS) pre1 (BIX) The DOCTOR didn't need a funny line, why do I?