14 Nov
2019
14 Nov
'19
2:41 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of allison via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:02 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Question about modems
Like RS232/432 signaling the art and science is
getting lost to time and age. I'd bet more than half here never used a modem or have
not in more than 15-20 years.
That's probably true, but I maintain my nostalgia for modems and have a bunch,
including real Hayes 300 and 1200 Smartmodems, a SupraFAXmodem v.32bis and v.FC (the
former was my first fast modem; the latter is the one I really wanted in the day :) but I
can't find a way to upgrade it to v.34), and a nice pile of USR v.Everything modems
including an ISA internal, a few v.90 and one v.92 external, and a new-in-shrink HST 14.4.
(HST works super well on modern VoIP lines compared to v.32bis and v.34, I find.)
I even have a dialup console to one of the Linux boxes on my network. Can't say I
need it. It's a bit of an indulgence. But it's there, and it works.
I have a ham radio callsign too (VE5EV) and one of these years I intend to really
experiment with packet radio, and eventually, AX25 TCP/IP networking over radio using
packet modems.
Jim