4 Dec
2019
4 Dec
'19
9:40 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 12:26 AM Glen Slick via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
When I worked in a group that was doing modem related
software over 20
years ago two of the telephone line simulators we used were from
Teltone and from TAS.
You can find Teltone TLS-2, 3, 4, and 5 boxes on eBay. The TLS-2 and
TLS-3 are two line boxes, the TLS-4 and TLS-5 are four line boxes.
I have a TLS-4 box. It's handy. We got it because we were developing
our own TelCo simulator, 2 line, but you could dial different numbers
to simulate different connection failure conditions (busy, fast busy,
half-connect...) We did end up shipping our own box but it wasn't a
big seller. It was fantastic to have around, though, when I was
writing autodialer software for our product and I needed to simulate
different external events on demand to test error reporting and
recovery.
I can definitely recommend the TLS products for a small setup.
-ethan
P.S. - I know where my TLS-4 is and this thread reminds me I need to
find the manual for it. I could bring it and some other gear to a
Vintage Computer Fest for a display that's centered around serial
comms and dialup.