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SOFTWARE: InterCom 1.05 Announced (Internet telephony)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mick Brown)
Tue Feb 13 19:57:56 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 1 Feb 1996 06:24:03 GMT
From: lfirrantello@BIX.com (Mick Brown)
Reply-To: jtew@revsoft.is.net
Submitted by: jtew@revsoft.is.net
Source: Jonathan Tew
Date sent: 1996 01 31
Date posted: 1996 01 31
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Intercom v1.05 for OS/2 by Revolutionary Software
Copyright (c) 1995 by Jonathan Tew
"Revolutionary Software - Bringing the power to the platform."
FEATURES
InterCom is a telephone for the Internet. It allows you to communicate with
anyone around the world for free via the Internet. It's features include:
o 32-Bit multithreaded PM application
o 16-Bit audio o Real time compression
o Runs on anything from a 14.4K modem or faster
o Customizable settings to improve performance
o Caller ID o Quick Dial
o Call Blocking o Dialing Directory
o Answering Machine
o Electronic telephone book server
o Connect to multiple talk servers around the world
o Online help o Easy installation
InterCom v1.04 [sic] is released in the form of a shareware version. This
version is fully functional.
InterCom is a native OS/2 32-Bit Application. It was designed from the
ground up to run specifically on OS/2 and is not based off any other
previously written products. This allows you to take the greatest advantage
of OS/2.
REQUIREMENTS
o OS/2 Warp running on 8MB or more RAM (12MB recommended)
o 8 or 16-Bit sound card capable of PCM audio (16-bit recommended)
o MMPM/2 o TCP/IP Internet Access Kit
o 14.4 modem or faster connection to the Internet (28.8 recommended)
FIXES AND ADDITIONS IN THIS VERSION
o When answering machine message is sent to remote user it is not opened in
read only mode to prevent access violations if multiple people connect to
the answering machine at the same time.
o Fixed adding of duplicate names to the ICTalk connected people list box due
to connecting to multiple servers.
o If another user was on two servers that you were connected to and he
logged off one of them it will now update the list to reflect the server
address change.
o Removed high priority threads. This option wasn't needed and had no effect
on the quality of performance.
o Added ICPages search result counter.
o ICTalk server statistics box added to the dialog to show the number of
people on the servers and the number of connected servers.
o Fixed CB Style button in Quick Control dialog.
o Multicolumn list box now has self adjusting column widths to use no more
of the column than is needed to display the longest string in the column.
o Fixed the DOS subsystem unknown error 95 being returned while waiting on a
semaphore.
o Changed calling window spin buttons to include the minute. Time window is
now completely flexible.
o Removed alias from configuration and use name instead. Comment field moved
from server page to the general configuration.
o Added language spin button to general configuration. The language is
displayed as part of the user information on the ICTalk connected people
list.
o Error message no longer displayed if someone calls and gets the answering
machine, but no answering machine message has been recorded yet.
o Replaced all calls to send with a call to a looping function which makes
sure the data gets sent in case the socket is in non-blocking mode.
o Reworked tab stops and order of controls in each dialog.
o Added configuration option to force remote to use 11025 while recording.
o ICTalk connected people list now shows who is registered.
o ICTalk connected people list now shows who is talking to some one at the
current time.
o Ring on callers side more consistent because it isn't based on the ring
packets received from the called user's system.
o Ring know heard through the audio device. PC Speaker is still an option.
o Added replay last sound button so that messages can be replayed over and
over.
o Added manual dial entry field to the call person dialog box.
It can be found on the following FTP sites:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming/ic105.zip
ftp://revsoft2.is.net/ic/ic105.zip
Information and periodic updates can also be obtained from the Revolutionary
Software WWW server at: http://revsoft2.is.net/ic/intercom.html
If you run an OS/2 based WWW page then I would appreciate you adding a link
to our WWW server to promote this product.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS are always welcome.
If you find any bugs or have suggestions on how to improve the product,
write me an e-mail at: jtew@revsoft.is.net
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