[coco] Caller ID

[George's Coco Address]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Banerjee" Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:42 AM

<snip>

> Coco-related:

>   Many years ago, there was an article in "Electronics Now" that showed

> the format for (telephone) caller ID.  It was a series of signals sent

> between rings that happened to use 1 cycle at 2400hz to be "1" and one

> cycle 1200hz to be "0".  The format only accomodated for a number.  Does

> anyone happen to know the current format for caller ID?  I had thought at

> one time to use the coco cassette to build a soft caller-id box (you could

> have fun with that one -- IF NUMBER="telemarketer" then HANGUP).  I was

> thinking of using the ring signal (of course adequately protecting the

> coco against it) as some sort of trigger.

>   I was hoping someone on the list had a more modern knowledge of this

> type of thing than me.  Any insight would be appreciated.  Thanks.

>                       - Aaron


 I too, had thought of doing something like this.

 When I read this, a bell rang and I decided to do a search for info on the 
caller ID (CID) thng.
 This link does not reveal the baud rate. It does show the format.

http://picbasic.com/resources/callerid.htm

George