Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!rpw3 From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: phone answering machine info wanted - (nf) Message-ID: <2491@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 04:02:52 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2491 Posted: Thu Feb 9 04:02:52 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 04:09:53 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 29 #R:umcp-cs:-496200:fortune:39400001:000:1217 fortune!rpw3 Feb 8 22:04:00 1984 I am currently using (and several of my friends use) the "Record-A-Call" brand recorder. It's not the cheapest, but the VOX operation is reliable, and the unit seems to last forever (I'm going on 5 years with the same set of tapes). It's of the two-cassette variety, one endless-loop and the other a normal (but leaderless) 30 or 60 minute tape. It makes it VERY easy to pop in a special message temporarily. It comes with a rather long endless-loop tape, ~30 seconds, but you can get tapes as short as 12 seconds, generally from whomever services them in your area. (Finding them can be a pain, if you bought from a discount store!) Remote control is extra cost, but occasionally worth it, if you remember to take the little tone box with you on the trip. The only tricky thing is the initial adjustment for how many rings before it picks up. To do that right you have to have a patient friend who is willing to call you a few times while you try settings on the (analog) knob. Once set, it's quite stable. (I have mine set for three rings.) Rob Warnock UUCP: {sri-unix,amd70,hpda,harpo,ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!rpw3 DDD: (415)595-8444 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphins Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065