RE: Linux Recommendations

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> If you are going to use the 'newtxtosd'(?) Tivo utility, or 

That's one of the ideas I had, yes.

> similar, to
> display caller id (and assuming you have caller id info on 
> windows pc), why

Not yet - need a modem that does it.
Is it a very recently introduced thing?  I have loads of modems about
the
place I gathered over the years.  I just have no idea how I would tell
if
they support caller id, or indeed how to extract said info if they
do.....

> not just make use of the winsock ocx in vb and open a telnet 
> session to run
> the utility?
> I struggled at first, kept crashing Tivo, but now it's stable 
> and fine. I
> also use it to display other messages from my ha pc. I can extract
the
> relevant bits of code from my ha software and e-mail to you 
> if you like.

go on then, sounds like a good idea.  
Why did it keep crashing the TiVo though?  Would nto please SWMBO if I
kept
on crashing it on her!!!


cheers


Tony B


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