What is this? Strange keyboard - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Oct 1998

Thanks for the info. Any idea what the two cables are for?  If you find the
brochures, I'd like to get a copy.
   Joe
At 06:24 PM 10/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
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 On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Joe wrote:
     I was wondering through a trift store the
other day and found a odd
 keyboard. It's labeled "CompuNET 2000" and looks like a regular 101 key
 keyboard for a PC but it has two extra cables with miniture phono plugs on
 the ends. One with two contacts and the other with three. It also has two
 phone jacks on the back of the keyboard.  There are a couple of extra keys
 on the board. One is marked PHONE and the other is marked LINE.  Some of
 the numeric key pad keys are marked REDIAL, MUTE, VOL, OPER, etc.  anyone
 know what this is for? 
I think this was a keyboard with a built-in phone.  This is pretty recent
(within the last two years).  It was good for call centers (i.e.
operations with lots of telephone operators for telemarketing or what
not).  I have brochures for it somewhere.
Sellam                                     Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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