20 Dec
2006
20 Dec
'06
1:59 p.m.
Richard wrote:
Speak of Bell modems, does anyone have a timeline or
reference for
modem equipment before the phone system was broken up and anyone was
allowed to make them?
Wikipedia has an entry for the Bell 103 300bps modem, which they say
was released in 1962. There is also an entry for the Bell 202 1200bps
modem with no date reference. Does anyone else have more complete
information about modems before the diversity of manufacturers entered
the scene?
It'd be interesting to correlate that with what was going on in the rest of
the world too with regard to modems.
In the UK at that sort of time you were presumably required to have a GPO
(later BT) modem and nothing else, but I'm afraid the web seems to be rather
sketchy on details. I have no idea what has happening in other countries as
regards to digital comms, but it'd be interesting to hear from people who do...
cheers
Jules