An apparatus for collecting imprinted cassettes andor specimen slides for histological or cytological preparations comprises a motor-driven lifting platform having panels arranged one above another and adjustable as to height by way of the lifting platform, for collection of the cassettes andor specimen slides. Bit lines are conditioned to predetermined voltages which ensure that, upon activation of the corresponding word line, all the storage transistors within the corresponding bit cells are electrically conductive. Then, the control block transmits all or part of the stored CIDs to the caller ID phone through the switching block andor a subscriber line convergency unit.