The Intermatrix MacPhone from 1984 is one accessory you probably never knew existed. Put simply, it functions as a hardware/software combo that included the external telephone that straps onto the side of your Macintosh, and special software that maintained an ongoing log of outgoing calls.
MacPhone also maintains a database of frequently-used telephone numbers. After plugging it into the Mac’s external speaker jack, the MacPhone sends DTMF signals that could quickly dial anyone using a software address book. Intermatrix released later versions of the software that could also. use the same speaker jack to deliver messages to callers using synthesized speech.
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