20 Dec
2006
20 Dec
'06
4:11 p.m.
In article <B9639BAE3F34504E83FEEDD71D4AFB460A65F8 at mail.bensene.com>,
"Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> writes:
[...] I believe it had 32
phone lines attached to it. The modem bank was in a back room, and
consisted of a bunch of Bell 103 datasets (later upgraded to 1200-baud
datasets, I think once 2000F came around).
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?
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