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Article #279Re: How does caller ID work?
From: 1012breuckma
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:44
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:44
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In article <ckirby.727980782@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca>, ckirby@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca (Chris Kirby) writes: > So, theoretically, one could modify and old 1200 baud modem to use the >modified tones (or even just pass the signal through some kind of filter to >transform the tones to normal 1200 baud tones) and have caller ID for free? >I've kind a smattering of the concepts here, but I'm not sure if this is >possible, could someone who knows better fill me in? > BTW, when I say free, I mean in the sense that I wouldn't have to go >out and by a caller ID phone. Right, but not the "older" 212a modem, the really older 1200 half duplex ones... As caller id boxes become more and more consumer items, it won't be worth your trouble, they'll be low cost or built into some of the better phones that already have a display.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!vms.csd.mu.edu!1012BREUCKMA From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How does caller ID work? Date: 26 Jan 1993 03:44:57 GMT Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <00967282.773252A0@vms.csd.mu.edu> References: <michaelm.727416353@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <C14wy0.Aqy@hatch.socal.com>,<ckirby.727980782@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca> Reply-To: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu