A guide to buying a textphone, 2001 (view report contents)

Minicom Pro 8000

Type	Direct
Typical Price (£)	359
Weight without charger (Kg)	1.6
hxwxd (cm)	7x31x29
Memory (kb)	32
Type of batteries	Rechargeable
Phone status
Phone ringing	Light
Phone being called is ringing	Text
Phone being called is engaged	Text
Phone has lost connection	Light
Display	Vacuum fluorescent
Number of lines	1
Words broken between lines	N/A
Number of characters on each line	40
Height of characters (mm)	5
Rounded letters	No
Displays upper and lower case	Upper only
Keyboard
wxd (cm)	28x11
Total number of keys	73
Power status
Power on	Light
Low battery warning	Light
Charging	None
Dialling features
Dial key for Typetalk	Can reprogramme - eg for BT TextDirect
Emergency dial key	Yes
Redial last number	Yes
Phone book - numbers stored	99
Answering and recording features
Text answering machine	Yes
Remote message retrieval	Yes
Personalised messages	Yes
Personalised greetings	Yes
Other features
Loudspeaker and microphone	No
Clock and calendar	Clock
Call duration display	No
Pause and review	Yes
Interrupt facility	Yes (when using Turbo version of Baudot Code)
Printing
Built in printer	Yes
Connect to computer printer?	No
Number of print sizes	3
Characters per line	41-82
Available from
Connevans, C&P Hearing equipment centre, Equipment for Equality, Gordon Morris, Newtech International, RNID Sound Advantage, Sarabec, Teletec International