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| Subject: From: Date: | RE: [ECS] Phone-C Ingo Dean Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:13:25 -0400 |
A quick look at http://www.pricewatch.com shows the Developer's Kit at about $100, and the hardware at about $350. Though that's a little more that I'd really want to pay for the hardware, it would give me two lines. Now, if ECS (W95) would spawn a thread to do the telephony processing in parallel with regular events (and be able to handle both lines simultaneously), it'd be worth it to me. But I'd have to save my pennies for a little while to afford this. :-} The Creative ModemBlaster I could afford now, and I think would be easier to implement. But then it's still a regular TAPI/Unimodem interface with all their idiocyncracies. BRAND PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE SHIPPING DATE/HR DEALER ST PART# DIALOGIC/GAMMALINK dos dev kit for proline2/v crom dialog/4 voice boards $ 102 8.00 8/13/98 12:43:47 PM CST COMPSOURCE 888-97-SOURCE 216-566-7767 OH 26-0001-01X DIALOGIC/GAMMALINK windows 95 dev kit for dialog/4crom proline2/v voice boards $ 102 8.00 8/13/98 12:43:47 PM CST COMPSOURCE 888-97-SOURCE 216-566-7767 OH 26-0110-00X DIALOGIC/GAMMALINK dialogic proline/2v 2port voice processing board $ 351 Call 8/2/98 11:13:45 AM CST PCNation/Computer Warehouse Club 800-969-5255 847-498-0790 Online Ordering Available IL 99-2176-003 > -----Original Message-----> From: Wayne [mailto:waynew@magicnet.net]> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 1998 8:19 PM> To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org> Subject: Re: [ECS] Phone-C>> 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>
A quick look at http://www.pricewatch.com shows the Developer's Kit at about $100, and the hardware at about $350.
Though that's a little more that I'd really want to pay for the hardware, it would give me two lines. Now, if ECS (W95) would spawn a thread to do the telephony processing in parallel with regular events (and be able to handle both lines simultaneously), it'd be worth it to me. But I'd have to save my pennies for a little while to afford this. :-}
The Creative ModemBlaster I could afford now, and I think would be easier to implement. But then it's still a regular TAPI/Unimodem interface with all their idiocyncracies.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne [mailto:waynew@magicnet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 1998 8:19 PM
> To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Phone-C
>
> 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
>