31 Jul
1998
31 Jul
'98
10:58 a.m.
Bill Yakowenko wrote:
Okay, I've now given up hope that those old modems
will ever be
at all useful or interesting to me. So they're up for grabs,
for the cost of postage.
There are two BellSouth 212A's, and two similar modems by Penril.
None respond to the Hayes "AT" command set, and each has a handful
of pushbutton switches on the front, as per my previous post.
Power supplies are all internal; they each have an ordinary 120v
line cord. The consensus seems to be that they need some associated
equipment to do the dialing. Because of this, I have no idea if
they work or not. They are each maybe 1' x 1' x 2", but not very
heavy. (That size is an estimate from memory, and might be off by
a bit).
I doubt they are useful in any modern setup, but they might be
regarded as classics. If nobody here wants them, they return to
the dumpster from which they came. My apartment now has negative
space available, if you know what I mean.
have you tried thr Racal Vadic command set, and do they have to be AT
command compatible? I have a box stashed out in the storage building with
a bunch of old modems, 300/1200/2400 types and all externals. I'll have
to dig fo them this weekend (along with the Commie stuff I was supposed
to get last weekend) and see what there is and let you know. What exactly
are you planing to do with the modems and what speed do you need?
Similarly, I've got a Sytek 2532 Packet
Communications Unit, with
about half a dozen boards in it. This is a rack-mount beastie, and
weighs like it, so it could be expensive to ship. Still, if you
want it, or any of the boards from it, let me know. Like the modems,
I have no way to test it, and no idea whether or not it works. But
I'd be thrilled to get it out of the trunk of my car. :-)
Almost sounds like a multiplexer unit.....someone has a boat without an
anchor out there.
And maybe this is a good time to mention my "for
trade" web page,
containing a list of compu-junk that needs a good home. It is at
this URL: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/classiccmp/fortrade.html
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