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Article #318Re: Busy retry phones
From: James Dorf
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1986 00:53
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1986 00:53
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I vote for the DEMON DIALER as the all-purpose dialer with the features
that beat out any competition. The creators, who I seem to recall as
having associations with M.I.T., really thought of everything when
designing this *action-packed* little "black box". In my nearly 5 years
of trouble-free experience, I cannot think of even one situation when
the DEMON was unable to handle *any* activity/task. The only problem is
it's high cost: I bought mine back then (in N.Y.C.) for about $180.00
(yuk!) but I cannot stress enough my EXTREME satisfaction!
I know that much of this has been discussed before, but here goes...
My favorite (notable) FEATURES:
* redial of ***BUSY*** or ***UNANSWERED*** phones
The thing handles both of the above by sounding a somewhat
loud, distinctive signal upon success. A speaker phone or
loudspeaker is very useful to hear the success signal. Also,
although the "receiver is off-the-hook" during these, incoming
calls can come in during the WAITING TIME between automatic
outgoing dialer attempts.
* MNEMONIC keyword codes for stored numbers:
This is an *incredible* boon for autodialers! One "names"
each stored number with a 2-6 digit keyword. The variable
length keywords lend themselves to CHARACTER mnemonics like
dialing the letters "OZ" for the MIT-OZ dialups or dialing
the letters "JSOL" to call good 'ole JSol... After all,
what's the use of having to refer to a HARDCOPY LIST of
keywords when one doesn't remember a keyword?
* great FLEXIBILITY for handling *special dialing* procedures
(e.g. Long Distance carriers, "PBX" systems, etc.)
I hope I haven't bored anyone with this "time-honored" information
but... well... now I've cast my vote! Regards to all/jad
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!BOSTONU.BITNET!smgkmmc From: smgkmmc@BOSTONU.BITNET (James Dorf) Newsgroups: mod.telecom Subject: Re: Busy retry phones Message-ID: <8603110523.AA06001@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 19:53:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8603110523.AA06001 Posted: Sun Mar 9 19:53:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Mar-86 04:50:34 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 38 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu