riddle@drivax.UUCP (Riddle) (11/29/88)
I would like a "Phone Mate" on my Amiga. Does anybody know the where/what/how/why about the hardware to let my Amiga answer my telephone. It was a feature at the original Amiga 1000 launch. It was supposed to be coming RSN, but never made it to market. My friends with I*M type machines can buy a board and software to voice answer and do menu select from touch-tone phones (like calling Intel). Why can't I buy/find the PhoneMate project for Amiga. I'd by happy to buy a prototype, or help do hardware/software work/development/engineering. Please tell me where the PhoneMate project is, or any leads you know. Riddle -- [replace with your own cute .signature] amdahl!drivax!riddle
smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt Lidl) (12/01/88)
In article <4002@drivax.UUCP> riddle@drivax.UUCP (Riddle) writes: >I would like a "Phone Mate" on my Amiga. Bad news. The product (according to my memory) never made it past a few rough idea sketchs and a mock-up from which the Phone Mate Glossies were shot at the 1000's intro time. >It was a feature at the original Amiga 1000 launch. >It was supposed to be coming RSN, but never made it to market. I guess (unless someone from Commodore says differently) that the project was just let die. Although I understand that the Left and Right Audio out on the serial connector were for just this product (You know, when someone calls, you get a female voice in one ear and a male voice in the other ear? Oh, that's right, we don't have stereo phones around here. Yet. :-) >My friends with I*M type machines can buy a board and software to voice answer >and do menu select from touch-tone phones (like calling Intel). And you can bet that those boards are pretty expensive too! >Please tell me where the PhoneMate project is, or any leads you know. >Riddle >amdahl!drivax!riddle -- ================================================================== == Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-3184 == == UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!smaug == ========"It's after 3am, no point in going to sleep now..."=======
dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) (12/02/88)
In article <1896@eneevax.UUCP> smaug@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Kurt Lidl) writes: >In article <4002@drivax.UUCP> riddle@drivax.UUCP (Riddle) writes: >>I would like a "Phone Mate" on my Amiga. [discusssion of fate of original Phone Mate board for Amiga deleted] >>My friends with I*M type machines can buy a board and software to voice answer >>and do menu select from touch-tone phones (like calling Intel). >And you can bet that those boards are pretty expensive too! No, they really are not. There are at least 3 versions that I know of in the $200-400 range (BigMouth, Watson, and Complete Answering Machine) including the voice mail software. Some come with libraries for roll-your-own work. Here is another case where we need a dumb bridge board that would simply let the 68000 have access to the PC bus so we could plug some of these cards in and write the software to use them. (I think Chuck McManis argued for such a board a few months ago.) >== Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-3184 == -- Dave Hanna, Daltech MicroSystems | "Do or do not -- There is no try" P.O. Box 584, Bedford, TX 76095 | - Yoda (214) 358-4534 (817) 540-1524 | UUCP: ...!killer!gtmvax!dave |
kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth) (12/07/88)
I want one too. It was one of the reasons I bought the 1000. Real integration with the phone has still not been done yet. It could be another standout area for amy.