Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!haven!mimsy!eneevax!smaug From: smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt Lidl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: I want my Phone Mate Summary: Can't get what doesn't exist! Keywords: PhoneMate, vaporware Message-ID: <1896@eneevax.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 20:57:59 GMT References: <4002@drivax.UUCP> Sender: news@eneevax.UUCP Reply-To: smaug@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Kurt Lidl) Distribution: na Organization: University of Merryland, EE Computer Staff Lines: 31 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..."=======