What is this? Strange keyboard

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Oct 30 22:59:12 1998

Thanks for the info. Any idea what the two cables are for? If you find the
brochures, I'd like to get a copy.

   Joe

At 06:24 PM 10/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> I was wondering through a trift store the other day and found a odd
>> keyboard. It's labeled "CompuNET 2000" and looks like a regular 101 key
>> keyboard for a PC but it has two extra cables with miniture phono plugs on
>> the ends. One with two contacts and the other with three. It also has two
>> phone jacks on the back of the keyboard. There are a couple of extra keys
>> on the board. One is marked PHONE and the other is marked LINE. Some of
>> the numeric key pad keys are marked REDIAL, MUTE, VOL, OPER, etc. anyone
>> know what this is for?
>
>I think this was a keyboard with a built-in phone. This is pretty recent
>(within the last two years). It was good for call centers (i.e.
>operations with lots of telephone operators for telemarketing or what
>not). I have brochures for it somewhere.
>
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