While bangin' around on the keyboard, Jerry Kenney muttered to All 
about HELP SENDING .VOC TO COM1 
 JK> Blaster Ensemble and its plays perfectly on my pc speakers.
 JK> The next step has me stymied.  How can I send the same voice file
 JK> out over the COM1 port to the answering machine to these 995 families?
I suppose you've tried the obvious -
   "C:\>type filename.voc >com1"
right?
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