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90503).

If you've ever

forgotten

(or

never learned)

how to

use your an-

swering

machine

in remote

mode,

you

would appreciate

Phone

Mate's re-

mote

voice menu feature.

A computer

voice

presents

options

such as saving,

replaying,

erasing

messages, or

re-

cording

a new

greeting. A touch of

button

on the telephone

keypad

acti-

vates the command.

The digitized

voice is also used

in normal operation

to time

and date stamp

messages.

What

does

the

future look

like for

answering

machines?

Code -A

-Phone

has a prototype of

what answering

machines might

be like

few

years.

The

answering

machine

completely

solid

-state and

needs no tapes.

Rather,

the user's

outgoing announcement

and

incoming

messages are encoded

on a

microchip.

unique

feature

the

machine

would be the ability

skip

from the

middle of one

message

to the beginning

of the

next instant -

eously

at the

touch of a button.

One

phone that

has

special

way of

anwering, although

it is not an an-

swering

machine,

is a

voice

activated

speakerphone

from Ameriphone

(1140

-F

N. Kraemer

Blvd.,

Anaheim,

92806).

A simple "Hello"

an-

swers the phone

up to

10 feet away.

And

the phone

automatically

hangs

when the conversation

over.

A Calculated Change

Though electronic

calculators seem

stay the same

year afer

year, there are

always

some changes

that take place.

Take the Casio (15

Gardner

Rd., Fair-

field,

NJ 07006) graphic computers

for

example.

These scientific

calcula-

tors employ

an enlarged

display area

that graphs

may be displayed

on the

screen.

For instance,

if you

wanted

plot a sine curve or

parabola or other

curve,

you could

enter the

function

and

its

argument

into the calculator

and obtain a picture

of the curve

the

display. The

FX -6000G and

FX -7000G graphic

computers

retail

for $59.95 and $69.95,

respectively.

A custom

-calculator

that could

CVOS

"Loto Master"

personal

lottery computer.

make

you

a millionaire

the

Loto-

Master from CVOS (160

Graveline,

St. Laurent, Quebec,

Canada

H4T

1R7),

lottery number combination

selector.

Though I don't understand

how it "improves players' chances,"

it does seem like a useful device

for

players

like myself who always pick

terrible

numbers.

Paper

Software

If you

are

tired of the same old

precau-

tions

associated

with floppy disks and

need to change,

why not try the Soft -

strip

from Cauzin Systems

(835 S.

Main St.,

Waterbury, CT

06706).

You'll only

have

worry about

rip-

ping it. The Softstrip

is a piece of

paper that

lot like a bar code,

but

with a

lot more information crammed

into the same

space.

strip can

hold

to 5,500 bytes

a 'h

" by 91/2 "

space.

If a program or data

uses more

than 5500 bytes,

several Softstrips

can

linked together.

special

Softstrip

reader is

needed

to download the

information

into

computer through

an RS -232

inter-

face. If the

idea takes hold, you

may

see Softstrips

appearing

in many of

your

favorite computer

magazines

and books.

The reader

retails for

under

$200.

the conventional

software

front, a quite sophisticated

drawing

program

has appeared

for the

Com-

modore

Amiga. Called

Aegis

Draw,

allows

you

to create structured

draw-

ings

with detailed

precision

and, of

course,

in color.

It is

from Aegis

Development

(2210

Wilshire

Blvd.,

Suite

277,

Santa

Monica, CA

90403).

Another

program of theirs

is Aegis

Animator,

also

for the Amiga.

The

program allows

you to create

different

shapes

on the screen

and

animate

them

various

ways. You can also

create

detailed backdrops

using

the

Aegis Images

paint

system

that is

in-

cluded

with the animator.

The prod-

uct can be

used both as

a creative tool

and a

business

tool.

A Concluding

Note

After reading about

all of these

prod-

ucts you

may

want

to start

a youngster

his way to a career

in electronics.

Naturally, there

is a new

way to do

this, too.

A product call

Bloc

-Tronic

lets you

build electronic circuits

by at-

taching

electronic blocks

together.

Each block contains

an electronic

component,

such as a

wire, resistor,

capacitor,

etc. By combining

the

blocks

with larger system blocks such

as an IC -amp,

you can build a

func-

tioning

electronic

device.

28 /

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