----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Gallemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 3:40 AM Subject: ..as an answering machine
> Does anyone have an easy (or even difficult) to follow instructions on > setting up a compact Mac as an answering machine? > Jack > > Hey Jack, Well, I can't really help you set this up, but I do have some comments on this that may (or may not) be useful. I tried this once. I have my PowerMac 6300 set up as an answering machine using the program "MegaPhone". A while back I bought an Ethernet card for the PowerMac 6300 and wanted to install that in place of it's internal modem. Since the card I bought was a CommSlot card (as was the internal modem) and not a PDS card, I could only have one or the other, but not both. I obviously should have gone for a PDS Ethernet card, but wasn't really thinking at the time. Anyway, I still wanted to use one of my Macs as an anwering machine so I decided on a Classic II running MacOS System 7.1 with an external modem. I tried to install MegaPhone under 7.1, but apparently the extension it needs requires 7.5 or above. Luckily, I have an external hard drive attached to the Classic II in addition to the internal one so I installed 7.5.3 on it and booted from there. Again, I tried installing MegaPhone, this time under 7.5.3. It installed, but instead of complaining about the OS version, it told me that "You need to have the Teleport [or somesuch] extension installed for MegaPhone to operate correctly." This is where my adventure ended. The extension was indeed installed, and did indeed load on bootup. Try as I might, I never could get past this error or even figure out why MegaPhone was blatantly lying to me. I abandoned the project, and still to this day haven't installed that Ethernet card in the 6300 until I find a way to turn one of my compacts into an answering machine. To cut a long story short, I don't think that MegaPhone is the way to go if you have a compact Macintosh. :) I know of no other available software that will act as an answering machine. Maybe somebody out there on the list knows of one that we could try. The one thing I *DO* know is that the modem in question needs to be "Voice-compatible", I think it is. Not all of them are. If anyone can recommend any other programs, I have an unused SE here that would make a great dedicated answering machine. -Nat -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
