26 Oct
2000
26 Oct
'00
7:30 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, John Foust wrote:
On a recent surplus hunt, I picked up an Anderson Jacobson
ADC 300 baud acoustic coupler modem for $1. What a beauty - it's
in a wooden box with a flip-top lid and a brushed aluminum
interior panel. It has two DB-25 connectors, but one is used
to feed *in* the AC power (!). I haven't disassembled it yet.
I did a quick web search and one turns up in Megan Gentry's
collection. How old is this? It's serial number 759.
Well... I remember using a modem like that with a Teletype to dial into
the original CBBS (Chicago) system in probably late 1977 or early 1978...
-jim
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