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- IBM Internet Connection Phone Version 2.0 Beta
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- ⌐ 1996 IBM Corporation
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- IC Phone Version 2.0 - New Features!
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- This enhanced version's features include:
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- ╖ Support for Interest Groups (Topics)
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- ╖ Full duplex speakerphone support
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- ╖ Automatic smoothness control
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- ╖ Enhanced User List enabling you to search for other users
- using a variety of methods provided by new Search Filter
- capabilities
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- ╖ See a users' details before calling them
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- ╖ Codec selection ( G723(6.3kbps) / GSM-VQ) )
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- ╖ Support for calling users directly via IP addresses
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- ╖ Automatic answering for incoming calls
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- 0. Introduction
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- IBM's Internet Connection Phone enables real-time, full duplex
- voice communication over TCP/IP networks, such as LAN or Internet.
- It is based on IBM's technology for real-time transfer of voice
- over data networks.
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- 1. Features - What IC Phone can do for you
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- IC Phone has the major functions you'd expect from a regular
- telephone and more!
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- ╖ Call back previous callers
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- ╖ Adjust microphone sensitivity
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- ╖ Adjust voice quality by adjusting the buffering. Should be low
- for LAN with minimal delay and high for bad internet
- connection
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- ╖ Configure the phone for computer speakers or headphones
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- ╖ Select from the various servers to find other IC Phone users
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- 2. System Requirements
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- ╖ 486 / 66Mhz (for GSM-VQ codec) running Windows 95, 8 MB RAM
- 586 / 100MHz (for G723 codec) running Windows 95, 8 MB RAM
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- ╖ Sound card such as SoundBlaster card or Mwave digital signal
- processor (built into IBM's multimedia PC's and Thinkpads).
- Both full duplex and half duplex sound cards and drivers are
- supported.
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- ╖ A microphone and speaker (or headphones) connected to the sound
- card.
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- ╖ A network connection through a modem and SLIP/PPP to an Internet
- access provider, or through a local area network adapter.
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- ╖ TCP/IP stacks: IBM Internet Access Kit (SLIP), Trumpet (SLIP)
- NetManage (PPP), and Windows 95 (Dial-Up Networking SLIP/PPP).
- Or TCP/IP for OS/2.
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- ╖ For Full duplex audio use full duplex sound card and drivers.
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- 3. Installing IC Phone
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- a. Download the ICN200B1.EXE program to a temporary directory.
- NOTE: Do NOT call the temporary directory ICPHONE.
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- b. Change to the directory where you saved the file.
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- c. Double-click the icon for the self extracting zip file
- ICN200B1.EXE, or specify it's full path after choosing RUN
- from the Win95 task bar.
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- c. Run the SETUP.EXE program that is now in the temporary directory.
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- d. Follow the installation instructions.
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- e. Connect to your Internet provider using the IAK or any other
- Internet access software.
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- 4. Operating IC Phone
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- a. To activate the software, double-click the IC Phone icon.
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- b. From the main IC Phone window, click the Setup button.
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- c. Enter your email address, select an IC Phone server,
- and click the OK button.
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- d. Click the Call button, and enter the Email address of the
- person you wish to call. To see a list of all the IC Phone
- users, click the User List button.
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- e. When you finish the call, click the Hangup button.
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- For more information, click the Help button.
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- 5. Uninstalling IC Phone
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- To remove IC Phone:
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- a. From the Windows95 task bar, select START.
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- b. Select SETTINGS and then choose CONTROL PANEL.
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- c. Double-click the ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE applet, and then
- double-click the line that says "IBM IC PHONE".
- IC Phone will be removed automatically.
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- 6. Contacting IBM with questions/problems:
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- Keep up-to-date on the latest IC Phone happenings:
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- IC Phone homepage: http://www.ics.raleigh.ibm.com/ics/icphone
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- Contact IC Phone technical support if you have any questions
- or problems:
- Email address: icphone@vnet.ibm.com
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