Re: Modem --> Answering machine

[REVERSEDtjrehselTOSTOPSPAM@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Dark_Dude (Dark_Dude@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org) wrote:
: Hello all,

: I wonder if you can use a specif modem and your GS as an answering machine.
: Not that I need it, but it would be fun. I think my SupraFaxModem would be
: capable answering the phone on a Mac.

: So how exactly does such a thing work? Both the Mac and the GS have the same
: serial port, so there wouldn't be a problem with the port. Can someone explain
: the principles to me?

Remember that the function of a modem is to convert between analog and
digital information.  A regular modem never sends analog data to the
computer; however, a voice is analog.

Hence, you would need a special modem which would permit transfer of analog
data to the computer.

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