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- 06/28/92
-
- Announcing Cygnus Data System's Voice Mail System.
-
- ANSWER.EXE is a Voice Mail System which supports the CompuCom
- Combo modem, Cygnus Data System's DigiPhone, Creative Lab's SoundBlaster,
- and LANtastic's Voice Card. Support to be added for The BigMouth,
- Watson, and other sound boards.
-
- ANSWER.EXE is designed to operate on IBM and compatible
- computers. The software requires at least 384 Kbytes of memory, and
- should be used with at least 3 to 5 megabytes of available hard disk
- space. ANSWER.EXE will play and record messages to and from a floppy
- disk, but since message files are large, floppies have limited message
- capacity. The CompuCom modem samples voice at 10 Khz ANSWER.EXE and
- therefore records at 10 Khz and so message files are 10 Kbytes per
- second. This translates to 600,000 bytes of information per minute.
- Also required for operation is a telephone line and a telephone receiver.
-
- ANSWER.EXE used with a voice mail card is a telephone answering
- system which features four primary modes of operation - the Personal
- Answering Machine, the Voice Mail Box, the Information Server, and the
- PhoneBook Dialer. Each mode operates independently but may access the
- same messages. Each of these modes is described briefly below, and in
- detail in Chapter 5.
-
- The Personal Answering Machine will operate just as most common
- telephone answering machines do, but can do even more. It will select
- from as many as sixteen different outgoing messages and play it or them
- to the caller, prompt the caller to leave a message after a tone, record
- an incoming message, and allow the caller to edit the incoming message.
- The outgoing message number and the number of rings before answering can
- be programmed. Incoming messages may be played back from a remote
- location. A presetable access code is required for this access.
-
- The Voice Mail Box provides a system which can receive voice
- messages for several persons by assigning each person a mail box number.
- A System Operator assigns mail box numbers and maintains the mail box
- accounts.
-
- The Information Server is designed to present information to the
- caller in response to the caller's touch tone signals. With this mode,
- the caller can selectively receive the particular information of
- interest. Callers may also leave messages in this mode.
-
- The PhoneBook Dialer provides an outdialing feature which may be
- used to automatically dial and redial a single number selected from a
- PhoneBook or sequentially dial numbers from an ASCII list of phone
- numbers. When redialing a single number from the PhoneBook, the computer
- will present an audible beep when the call goes through. When in the
- list dial mode, the called party will be presented with a menu much like
- in the Information Server.
-
- COMPUCOM COMBO MODEM OWNERS
- ---------------------------
-
- CompuCom has closed its doors, and defaulted on its payment for this
- voice mail software. I am now distributing the software myself. ROM
- upgrades for your modem are available from The General BBS in San Diego
- which as been serving as the CompuCom Technical Support board. The
- data number is (619) 528-0895. You must have v2.77 of your ROM to enable
- the voice features. You can find the version of your ROM by using the AT
- command ATI3. To get the Voice Mail Software, fill out the order form
- below and mark ONLY the ANSWER.EXE Software for the CompuCom. You do not
- need the other items for the CompuCom Combo to operate voice mail.
-
- The DigiPhone Voice Mail Card
- -----------------------------
-
- If you do not already have a voice mail card, Cygnus Data Systems
- produces and excellant sound quality card which uses and external speaker
- and microphone instead of a telephone handset to play and record
- messages. It also has a telephone interface with full telephone
- bandwidth audio quality. These are available for a very reasonable
- price. See the order form below for ordering information.
-
-
- ABSTRACT
-
- The DigiPhone
-
- An IBM PC Voice Mail Card
-
- The DigiPhone functions as an enhanced telephone
- answering machine and is designed as a plug in card for
- the IBM PC and compatibles. In addition to standard
- answering machine functions, the DigiPhone features
- programmable outgoing message selection, message routing,
- response to caller's touch tone signals, and remote
- programming ability.
-
- The DigiPhone will answer incoming telephone calls,
- deliver outgoing messages which are programmably
- selectable from as many as 16 digitized audio messages
- stored on the PC's hard disk, record incoming messages to
- the hard disk or optionally to an external tape recorder,
- route messages to a specified receiver, respond to a
- caller's touch tone signals, and enter a remote
- programming mode as a result of a special code sent by the
- caller.
-
- Audio messages are processed digitally via A/D and
- D/A converters which receive and send 8 bit data to and
- from the IBM PC through a selectable port address. A/D
- conversion is implemented with the ADC0802 which is
- operated at a clock rate of 512 Khz (corresponding to a
- conversion rate of 8 Khz). D/A conversion is implemented
- with the DAC0830. Interface with the telephone line is
- accomplished with the speech circuit TP5700 coupled
- through opto-couplers. Messages are recorded using an
- external 600 ohm dynamic microphone and played back
- through an external 8 ohm speaker.
-
- A full featured pull-down menu program is provided
- with the DigiPhone and implements all programmable
- functions. Data I/O with the card is interrupt driven to
- allow apparent simultaneous disk I/O.
-
- Ordering Information
- --------------------
-
- If you do not run a BBS, disregard the BBS questions. But do tell me where
- you got this order form from. If you are ordering ANSWER.EXE for the
- CompuCom, only mark ANSWER.EXE Software for the CompuCom. If you have a
- voice mail card not currently supported and would like to see support
- added, fill out the order form without ordering any item and send it to
- Cygnus Data Systems with information on your voice mail card.
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- ORDER FORM
- ==========
- TO: FROM:
-
- Cygnus Data Systems Name: ___________________________
- 6216 Agee Street #124
- San Diego, CA Company: ___________________________
- 92122-3533
- Title: ___________________________
- Daniel Durbin
- (619) 457-2532 (voice) (evenings) Address: ___________________________
- (619) 457-2665 (data)
- City,State: ___________________________
- You may fill in the blanks Zip Code
- of this form with your text Voice Phone:___________________________
- editor in ascii mode before
- you print it to your printer! BBS Name: ___________________________
-
- Sorry, no online registration. BBS Number ___________________________
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-
- Item Unit Price Quantity Ext. Price
-
- The DigiPhone . . . . . . . . . $125 x ______ = ______
- includes ANSWER.EXE Software
- Microphone . . . . . . . . . . $ 18 x ______ = ______
- Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14 x ______ = ______
- DigiPhone Technical Reference . $ 25 x ______ = ______
- ANSWER.EXE Software for CompuCom$ 25 x ______ = ______
- Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5 x ______ = ______
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-
- Total Enclosed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______
-
- BBS Name and Version #. . _______________________________
-
- Heard about this from . . _______________________________
- Please make check or money order drawn on a U.S.A bank in U.S. funds and
- made payable to Cygnus Data Systems. California residents please include
- 7.75% sales tax. Purchase orders (net 30 days) accepted from large business.
- All programs are Copyright (C) 1989 - 1992 by Daniel A. Durbin
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- FROM:
-
- Name: _________________________________
-
- Address: ______________________________
-
- City: ____________________ State: _____
-
- Zip: ______________
-
-
- TO:
- Cygnus Data Systems
- 6216 Agee Street #124
- San Diego, CA
- 92122-3533
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