ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto

From: Adrian Vickers <adrian.vickers_at_blue-edged.com>
Date: Wed Mar 12 04:12:00 2003

On 10 March at 10:10am, Witchy wrote:

[Dialling]
> I've been told they do tone dialling too, based on the unsupported DIP
> switches in the telephony module. Haven't tried it though;
> all of my OPDs
> are downstairs in boxes.

The DIP switches aren't unsupported, they're actually documented...

[Voice answering]
> I'm sure it can respond to different numbers with different
> messages though,

Not different numbers, Caller ID simply didn't exist (probably anywhere
in the world) in 1986. I think (not tried this) that it can respond with
a different message on each line, and it can change messages depending
on the time of day - but not day of week...

> also it *can* say good morning, as well as things like 'I'm

It definitely can't say "good morning", as "good" isn't in the
vocabulary :)

> away getting
> head with my secretary on holiday' :) There was a competition

Hehe - I must try that.

> on radio not
> so long back (Chris Moyles or Scrawn&Lard on Radio1 IIRC) where people
> actually recorded their OPDs saying rude things, so I just
> *had* to have a
> go myself....hehe.....

Erm, "not so long ago"? Sort of like 1987, maybe?

[Testing the telephony module]
> Be easier if I tested it up here first. Just got to dig out
> the low-res
> monitor from its hiding place....the hi-res one is too high up and
> underneath too much other stuff for me to easily get!

Humph. I just knew I wasn't going to get a free module that easily ;)

What's this about a hi-res monitor? I assume you mean a larger one than
the 9" B&W which seems to be the norm for these machines? Is it colour?

I'd like to get a pin-out of the monitor/power connector - I'm not sure
if it's in any of the manuals I've got.

> I don't recall either of mine being any slower than the QL, though
it's a
> few months since I last played with one. I just wish I had some
> documentation for 'em.

I can scan mine in if you like. I don't believe I'm doing anything on
Sunday yet...
Received on Wed Mar 12 2003 - 04:12:00 GMT