[NOTE from Modemac: Expensive! But hopefully it'll get cheaper in the
future...if the phone company doesn't take action to stop things like
this from happening! Excerpts from article cross-posted instead of
entire article, to avoid copyright violations.]
[ Article crossposted from clari.nb.online,clari.nb.top ]
[ Author was NB-DEN ]
[ Posted on 14 Feb 95 21:25:18 GMT ]
DALLAS, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1995 FEB 14 (NB) -- Camelot Corp. (NASDAQ:
CAML) has announced a software package that permits full duplexing
of voice over the Internet. The company says the program makes it
possible for PC users with an Internet connection to conduct
real-time worldwide voice communications for the cost of a local
phone call.
The software, called Personal Internet Companion Kit (PICK), will be
published by Third Planet Publishing, a subsidiary of Camelot Corp.
and will have a suggested retail price of $99.95. It will ship on
CD-ROM and floppy disk.
[snip]
System requirements to use PICK include a 9,600 bits-per-second
(bps) or higher modem, a PC powered by at least a 33 Megahertz (MHz)
386 chip, four megabytes (MB) of system memory, a multimedia sound
card, a microphone, speakers and local Internet connection. PICK is
scheduled to ship in the second quarter.
[snip]
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