Subj : Re: Real Modem on VOIP?
To   : Alexander Grotewohl
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Thu Sep 10 2026 08:10 am

-=> Alexander Grotewohl wrote to Bo Holt <=-

 AG> might be kind of neat. either that or i've recreated everything awful
 AG> about using voicemail ;)


 I loved poking around voicemail systems back in the day. Then, I got to
 run my own.   :)

 In the late 80s, my company used to use voicemail for sales figures -
 the regional managers would call and read off the numbers in a message,
 and someone would listen and transcribe them. Low tech, but it worked.

 Later on, we had a WAN system that connected the cash registers. The
 headquarters had a OS/2 box with 16 modems on a digiboard. The cash
 registers ran DOS, and when the store closed would dial up over a modem
 and transfer sales figures and payroll info. The HQ would send them
 price lookup files and other info.

 It cost a ton of money, and in supporting it I realized you could do
 the same thing with a free FTN mailer and file boxes.




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