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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Answering Machine
Message-ID: <9330@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jan 90 18:49:14 GMT
References: <9001112057.AA09595@nomad>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <9001112057.AA09595@nomad> antunes@ASTRO.PSU.EDU (Sandy Antunes) writes:
>Hello!  I am planning to try and implement an idea, and I thought I would
>check the net to see if anyone has done it or thought about it yet.
>
>The Idea:  write a program that monitors the modem and answers incoming
>   calls.  It then procedes to use the speech capability to answer the
>   call with a message (from an easily changed script file), then hangs
>   up (I doubt it could record messages! :-)
>
>The Questions:   
>   1)  Is this do-able?
>   2)  Has anyone done something that does this already?
>   3)  Any useful hints?
>   4)  Would it be possible to make the program activate a tape recorder
>       (also hooked to the line?) and record messages?  This question is
>       mostly of the "as long as I'm asking" variety...   :-)
>

Well, I never got the thing, but back at in the beginning of time (1985, July)
a company, who just introduced a machine called "Amiga 1000" had, as one
of the "Ready Now" enhancements, an answering machine like what you want.
But then EA was to have PinBall Construction Set and the EnableGroup was
to have Enable (EnableWrite, EnableCalc, etc.)  And there was a whole bunch
of other items that I am still waiting for.

>------------
>Sandy Antunes   "the Waupelani Kid" 'cause that's where I live...
>antunes@astro.psu.edu                 Penn State Astronomy Dept
>------------        "que sera c'est la via"         -------------


Disclaimer:  I did not work for Commodore back then and they don't
             know how and what I think about those days.  (Being a
             member of the initial Amiga Developer group...)

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