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Article #27233Re: Mac as an answering machine??
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1988 07:19
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1988 07:19
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In article <4384@husc6.harvard.edu> hellerst@husc8.UUCP (Joe Hellerstein) writes: >but shouldn't a Mac with a modem be able to act as an answering machine? You'll need more than a modem in order to do this. The only sounds that a modem knows how to make are the hisses that are used for data transmission. And the modem can only recognize the sounds that another modem makes. The interface that is used between the modem and the computer does not permit full control of the sounds that are transmitted. Barry Margolin Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com uunet!think!barmar
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!think!barmar From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac as an answering machine?? Message-ID: <19909@think.UUCP> Date: 16 Apr 88 07:19:03 GMT References: <4384@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: usenet@think.UUCP Reply-To: barmar@fafnir.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA Lines: 15