At 20:53 17/03/2003, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> > Behalf Of Adrian Vickers
> > Sent: 17 March 2003 19:27
> > To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: RE: ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto
> >
> > Shame it can't do CLID though. Maybe I shall have to try to retrofit my
> > Pace 56K modem into it, then bodge the ROMs to read the CLID.... Then add
> > the TCP/IP stack that's recently been developed for the QL, adapt a
> > browser, and presto - an internet-capable OPD!
>
>Now THAT would be worth seeing. In fact I'd probably pay for it, but it
>would require that the OPD screen was on all the time, and that would reduce
>its life somewhat on account of burnage.
Not really - the OPD screen blanks after 10 mins of inactivity anyway, and
switches on again for an incoming call, if you pick the handset up or press
a key.
>Remember the OPD was designed so
>that incoming calls could be taken with the screen turned off; back then
>they were really expensive.
Aye, that would stop the CLID from being useful...
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Cheers, Ade.
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Received on Tue Mar 18 2003 - 01:09:00 GMT