The Macintosh Performa 6200 series computer comes with a Global Village Teleport Gold IIv 14.4 Kbps fax send/receive modem installed in the Communications slot. These computers are also bundled with the MegaPhone for Performa software, which lets the computer function as a speakerphone and digital answering machine.
Cypress Research released an update to the MegaPhone software which addressed some intermittent problems with MegaPhone and Global Village Gold IIv and Platinum IIv modems. MegaPhone v1.0.3P is available from Cypress Research's FTP site and from the Apple Software Updates on the online services.
You should also follow these steps to make sure your MegaPhone software is configured properly:
Note: MegaPhone for the Macintosh is now distributed and supported by Bing Software. If you need technical support, please contact Bing Software directly:
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1. Open the Telephone Setup control panel. In the General Setup area, there is an option for tone dialing. Make sure it is not checked if you are using a pulse phone line.
2. If you were trying to make a call from your home, make sure that you do not have the option set to dial "9" or any other numbers before dialing a call. To check, open MegaPhone and select Preferences from the File menu. In the "General" Topic, make sure that you have not selected the option to dial a "9" before calling. Make sure it is set to dial a "1" before making a long distance call.
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