7 Dec
1998
7 Dec
'98
9:20 a.m.
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
It was an NCR 260. Printing terminal, not a
computer.
Talks 300/110 baud, and has EIA and DAA ports. (DAA= Bell's Data
Access Arrangement? What was this?)
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That dates back to the days when it was illegal(?) to directly connect
any non-Bell equipment to the phone lines. The DAA served to "protect"
the lines from defective or poorly designed third party hardware. (It
also served to fatten Ma Bell's purse!)
- don