old modems & a packet switcher

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, I 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. ] ...blah, blah, blah... To which there were several replies... ...................................................................... Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> wrote: ] > ... The consensus seems to be that they need some associated ] > equipment to do the dialing. ] ] The "associated equipment" is nothing more than a regular phone. ] ... Can you tell me how to do that? An earlier reply (from Bill Pechter?) said I needed a "dataphone", and would dial with that and then press a "data" switch. I have neither a dataphone nor a data switch... I did try mucking around with the "talk" switch and an ordinary telephone, but couldn't get any interesting behavior out of them. (Ie: I connected the "telco" socket on the modem to the phone line from the wall, and then the telephone into "telset" on the modem. I also tried connecting both the modem and the telephone to the wall via a "Y" adapter. Did I miss some obvious thing? I don't now remember which setup gave what results, but in the cases when I could actually dial out and get a carrier, I couldn't get the modem to do anything about it.) ...................................................................... Russ Blakeman <rhblake(a)bbtel.com> wrote: ] > ... None respond to the Hayes "AT" command set, and each has a ... ] 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? I've never even heard of the Racal Vadic command set, although I do recognize the name as an old modem manufacturer. Hints would be welcome. I don't have any real need for these modems, except that they are old computer stuff, and were on their way to a land fill. I snagged 'em mainly thinking that somebody on this list might be interested in them. I could easily picture them on a shelf next to a Vax, happily chugging away. (And for that purpose, I might hang onto one of them for myself. But that leaves three taking up floor space.) ] > Similarly, I've got a Sytek 2532 Packet Communications Unit, with... ] Almost sounds like a multiplexer unit.....someone has a boat without an ] anchor out there. :-) Well, one man's anchor is another man's treasure, right? We aren't hanging around on this list because we only like the fastest compustuff. Anybody with a basement full of old computers might very well want some old networking stuff to glue them together with. As for me, I don't even have a basement. But I am off to a good start; I have stuff to populate one. ...................................................................... Jack Peacock <peacock(a)simconv.com> wrote: ] Bill Yakowenko wrote: ] > There are two BellSouth 212A's, and two similar modems by Penril. ] From my experience with Penril modem the best thing you can do is send ] them to the dumpster. ... What, no warm fuzzy nostagic feelings for these? :-) How about this, slap a 56K modem inside the shell, maybe even wire up the front-panel LEDs appropriately, and amaze your friends. It all depends on what kind of thrill you're after. ...................................................................... BTW, if I come across more junk like this, should I continue to post it here, or should I just list it on that web page and assume that interested parties will find it? Cheers, Bill.