Martin McCormick, 16.01.2014:
We just switched telephone carriers and our new one has
callerID so I want to capture that information on a debian
system.
While going through a box of older stuff, I found the
Apple usb modem my parents were using on their Mac. My father is
now on
Bob Proulx writes:
The modem I am currently using is a US Robotics 56K modem and
originally probably sold for $70 back in the day. I am looking at a
listing for a good shape US Robotics 56K v.92 modem right now for
$8.00
That got me to thinking. I have a couple of 56-K modems
from
I keep this old stuff in memory of my youth :). I e.g. still own a
Seikosha GP-100VC. Others have their photo albums, I have my antique and
unused computer and audio gear :).
Don't give such oldish gear that you or your family once used away!
OTOH don't collect all oldish gear you see as bulk
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:54:11AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
That got me to thinking. I have a couple of 56-K modems
from the early 2000's or late nineties. Maybe I should hook them
up and see if they do CallerID as I do have available RS-232
ports and that Apple modem didn't create
We just switched telephone carriers and our new one has
callerID so I want to capture that information on a debian
system.
While going through a box of older stuff, I found the
Apple usb modem my parents were using on their Mac. My father is
now on regular cable-supplied internet
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:31:05AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
While going through a box of older stuff, I found the
Apple usb modem my parents were using on their Mac. My father is
now on regular cable-supplied internet service and we haven't
used dial-up since about 2000 so here are
Gregory Nowak writes:
Most likely yes. I have two pci modems here from early 2000. One is a
hardware modem, the other is a winmodem with no linux drivers. Both
are 3com modems and can read caller id. This may or may not be true
for your particular modem. However yes, there are modems from that
Martin McCormick wrote:
Gregory Nowak writes:
Hmmm, interesting. It registers as a sound device, but not as a usb
serial port. I'd guess that means you might be able to use it as a
speaker phone, provided it also registered as a usb serial port so you
could control it. I could be wrong on
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:27:14PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
Caller id modems are often found used quite cheap on ebay and at
thrift stores. I am using a callerid modem for the caller id function
myself. I had one die on me a while back and I replaced it with one I
found on ebay for less than
Gregory Nowak wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Caller id modems are often found used quite cheap on ebay and at
thrift stores. I am using a callerid modem for the caller id function
myself. I had one die on me a while back and I replaced it with one I
found on ebay for less than $10.
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