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Re: [ECS] Re: OK, what did I start now... Daniel Dubay Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:12:05 -0400

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I don't understand what you mean that the modem blaster requires special
software?  I do know that this board comes with a cable to connect it
with a sound blaster board for improved sound capabilities.

Dan Dubay

<<< Mark Gilmore <markgilmore@cococo.net>  8/25  2:46p >>>
From what I have heard here, the Dialogic is the only choice,
given that the Phone Blaster has been discontinued for a good
while now, and the Modem-Blaster(HAL-2000 selection??) requires
special software.

Wayne Wittenberg wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> > My concern with this effort is the desire for background
> > recording and multi-line processing, both of which could
> > be nightmares. I may try to tackle bkg recording with
> > phn-c first. That way, I can test these waters without
> > committing. I need to think on it.
> 
> I am not a programmer and NOT trying to tell you how to do your job or
> programmer, but please make sure you investigate the Dialogic web site
> before jumping into plain old modem stuff.  These Dialogic boards ARE
more
> expensive, but they are built for background & multi-line processing.
> They have MUCH more horsepower and brains on the boards.
> 
> > But BE WARNED, this would not be cheap - it would be the
> > most extensive/complicated upgrade that I have performed
> > since porting to W95. I figure we are talking AT LEAST
> > 2-weeks FULL time. I figure $400 per week would be fair,
> 
> Regardless of which hardware you ultimatley pick, assuming it can
handle
> two lines without stalling the main ECS logic, I am pretty sure there
are
> at least 8 people on this list alone that would kick in $100.
> 
> For those that demand data modem stuff, these Dialogic boards do
voice,
> caller-id and fax, they do not do data.  But there is nothing that
should
> prevent you from having the modem of your choice to handle data.
> 
> c'ya,
> Wayne

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