I feel like I should chime in here, as for many years I looked for an answer to this same question. I knew a gentleman who owned a shop and used a Mac512 machine with lots of upgrades to do this.
You will need to find a DoveFax+ modem, made by DOVE Computer. The + is the voice model. I acquired a few DOVE modems but through email and the various disks I found, I was able to get all of the pieces of the software that originally came with the modem. I am planning on setting up a system with one of these modems, so hopefully I will know the inner workings soon. Please feel free to ask me if you have any more questions, as I feel that I have acquired a bit of knowledge of this stuff since there wasn't a good FAQ or cache of info anywhere else. I found my DOVE modems on eBay but they are generally not too easy to come across. It might be worth trying some of the other Mac swap lists, too. It might be suggested to have a later version Mac to hear incoming calls once they go to answer, but otherwise an earlier Mac with a hard disk would be OK too. -Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Nat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 4, 2005 7:27 pm Subject: Re: ..as an answering machine > > ----- 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 > fromthere. > > 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 > thiserror 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 > listknows 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: <compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <[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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. 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