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Re: [ECS] Phone-C Wayne Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:19:28 -0400

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At 03:42 PM 8/23/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> >From a Dejanews post: (regarding HAL2000)
>> >  - Telephony is supported only on one modem card,
>> >     the ModemBlaster, with a special version of
>> >     the firmware.
>> 
>> I think this is where ECS (W95) should also head, once Mark is in a position
>> where he's interested in adding new product support.  Maybe if one (or a
>> group?) of us would fund his time (and a test modem), he could add local
>> session support to ECS (W95) using this modem.
>> 
>> --ingo dean
>
>Count me in on that one! Who wouldn't pay to have local sessions
>back?
>
>Carl K

  IF and WHEN Mark has time/desire to tackle this job, I think he should
seriously look at true telephony boards (such as Dialogic) and existing
developer kits (such as Visual Voice for VisualBasic) rather than one
obscure (possibly soon obsolete?) modem with custom firmware.  These boards
are not cheap (I think a 2 line multitasking board is around $300-$400), but
they are not out of the question for QUALITY results, instead of compromises
caused by hardware, etc.  I am not a programmer in this area, so there may
be some reason Mark cannot do this, but it sure seems worth ivestigating to
me.  I know HAL has spent many months trying to make this stuff work, I
would hate to see Mark get caught up in this possible wild goose chase.

For more info about a possible board:
http://www.dialogic.com/products/d_sheets/2700web.htm

just my $.02,
Wayne

   waynew 'at' magicnet 'dot' net,   Orlando, FL
   http://www.magicnet.net/~waynew

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