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- From: johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven)
- Subject: Re: Phone number delete (was: You know you've been hacking too long...)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- References: <RICHARD.92Nov16103500@CLYDE.ttt.kth.se>
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- Message-ID: <johnv.03mb@acix.DIALix.oz.au>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 06:37:04 WST
- Organization: ACix - Private UUCP Node, Cloverdale, Western Australia.
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- RICHARD@ttt.kth.se wrote:
- > In article <1992Nov12.210731.15566@pollux.lu.se> magnus@thep.lu.se (Magnus Olsson) writes:
- > > It should of course be possible to make telephones that store the number
- > > being dialled in an internal memory, and don't actually dial it until
- > > you press a special "dial" key. In that case, it would be possible even
- >
- > Oh, an "Enter" key!
- >
- > I can already see the announcement: "The latest in phones! With incorporated
- > IBM-PC compatible computer and WordStar for editing the number!"
-
- Too late...
-
- Telecom Australia (The local phone company) was selling these horrrible
- things called OPD's (the "OPD" stood for One Per Desk). It was a
- combined phone & computer using Sinclair micro floppies based on the
- Sinclair QL I think.
-
- They started off at some some fantastic price in the 1000s of Aussie
- dollars.
-
- Nowdays you're unlucky if you can find one.
-
- I believe they were the equivalent of the Ford Edsel in terms of runaway
- sales success :-)
-
- --
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- John Verhoeven johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au _--_|\
- Treasurer, Amiga Developers (ALT: johnv@DIALix.oz.au) / \
- Association of Western Australia Phone: (+619) 478 1406 *_.--._/
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