Analog Display Services Interface, application used by many screen-based analog telephones to work with optional calling services
ADSI |
It has rich built-in functionality for easy scripting and provides access to ADSI, ADO, WMI, etc.
It was at one time only compatible with ADSI-compliant telephones but is now compatible with any customer premises equipment (CPE) that simply responds visually to visual FSK.
These included graphics cards (through their Paradise subsidiary, purchased 1986), core logic chipsets (by purchasing Faraday Electronics Inc. in 1987), SCSI controller chips for disk and tape devices (by purchasing ADSI in 1986), networking (WD8003, WD8013 Ethernet and WD8003S StarLAN).