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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Mystery Gadget
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 21:12:42 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.104625.17864@lut.ac.uk>
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- F.Farzin-nia@lut.ac.uk (F Farzin_nia) writes:
- >I have a 'I don't know what this piece of kit is' question :-) A friend of
- >mine recently bought a piece of kit from an electronic junk shop for me,
- >thinking that it was a telephone answering machine (you see, I had asked a lot
- >of friends to keep an eye out for a second
- >hand answering machine and if they were to find a reasonable one to
- >purchase it on my behalf). On close inspection of this rather curious
- >and wonderful gadget, I realised there is a lot more to it than meets
- >the eye. However, I simply cannot figure out what it is. This thing is
- >manufactured by LANIER BUSINESS PRODUCTS, INC (Atlanta, Georgia, USA),
- >and it has a MODEL P-101 printed underneath it. It resembles a telephone
- >answering machine/dictating machine/modem. It has a speaker but no
- *----
- It IS a dictating machine of sorts. These connect to the office
- phone system, where they can be shared. Then the secretary connects
- to transcribe.
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- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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