16 Jun
2004
16 Jun
'04
3:52 a.m.
At 00:25 16/06/2004, Tony Duell wrote:
Somewhere (and Bletchley are NOT GETTING IT), I have a
Plessey modem (all
discrete components in the GPO case that's about 14" square and 6" high)
that doess 1200 baud transmit, 75 receive. Sounds like a viewdata host
unit to me...
I used to have something one like this, but a 300 baud one. Hige case,
drop down front panel with a GPO logo on it, individual cards mounted
inside for each function. I used to sit my first BBS BBC micro on top of it!
For the life of me I can't remember what happened to it.. This was about
1982, and it was my first modem. I later upgraded to a Maplin
build-your-own modem kit, before getting one of the early Pace Nightingale
modems, complete with prototype auto-answer board, so I could sell them my
BBS software..