28 Apr
2014
28 Apr
'14
2:04 a.m.
Glad to hear that the DLE-300 is providing some entertainment. It really is
a neat little box, very smart the way the features work - control codes for
the hardware embedded in the dialing string, in most cases.
Sorry to hear about the issues with the retro-handset and smoky cups. FWIW,
I have a set of very clean and non-smoky cups here, but I'm not quite ready
to part with them, as they're the only set I have.
If you just want to play gently with them, and you're willing to promise a
safe return, I might loan them out to you... so hit me off-list
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
I received the Viking DLE-300 that I bought on eBay,
and finally played
with it a bit today along with a pair of Model 500 phones that I bought
(one red, one green!). It's a neat little box! It's too bad that it doesn't
handle pulse dialing, but I have an old Radio Shack touch tone adapter in a
box somewhere. For now I just have it switched to ring-down mode. Neat
stuff! I haven't ried modeming through it yet.
I tried dialing up several more retro dial-up BBSes with my Tandy Model
200, iPhone, silly retro handset, and acoustic adapter cups. No luck so
far. When I can connect, I just get garbage on the screen. I may return the
acoustic cups; they were owned by a smoker and they reek, despite being
listed as "UNUSED!" in the eBay listing.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/