From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
Subject: Re: PROJECT IDEA: Please respond
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:39:44 GMT
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Tomi Blinnikka (docbliny@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:


: >Finally, a decent project has emerged.  =u)  First, the boring info:

: >GfxRing, Copyright (C) 1993 Sam Hulick and Matt Lewallen.  All rights
: >reserved.

: >Basically, you put GfxRing into WBStartup.  Loading GfxRing will start a
: >server in the background, which waits for your phone to ring.  (NOTE:
: >Your modem must be on and you must be offline).  The server detects this
: >and puts a little graphical bell on your current window/screen
: >momentarily.

: I've already written a program almost like this. My program, RingDetect, allows
: you to run any program (scripts, play samples etc.), flash the screen and
: bring its window (and the screen it's on) to front. Using RingDetect you
: should be able to achieve your goal (Except RingDetect is Copyright (C) Tomi
: Blinnikka 1993 :).


: >Purpose:  In case you live in some place where you're cursed w/
: >roommates, and are expecting a late phone call.  Turn your modem on,
: >turn your phone ringer off, and turn on GfxRing.  Sure, you could just
: >load up VLT or soomething and wait for "RING" to appear, but this is
: >much more cosmetic.  =u)

: Another situation is when you're listening to music real loud and can't
: hear the phone ringing (you have to be at your computer though). I also
: use it to log the time/date of calls. This way I can see when someone has
: called and left a message on my answering machine.
:  Well, graphics are always nice, but....

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Wouldn't it be nice if GPFax supported this?  What I have in mind is an
update which would allow a small program to be left in memory, kinda
like iconification but a lot smaller.  It would be put into memory
after initing the modem, so that when the modem detected a call, GPFax 
could figure that out, load the program from the HD, and since the sub-
program of GPFax would already be loaded, it wouldn't need to re-init the 
modem, and hopefull be there in time to grab the fax if it is a fax
call (silent answer) and close down once thecall is done...

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