Novelty "Retro" Cell Phone Handset in an Acoustic Coupler?

Not tried it, but it ought to work. I think cellular telephony ought to be adequate for 300 bps. Possible you might get some line noise, but the only thing you can do is try. As for modems that are capable of 300 bps calls, as far as I know, any dialup service should support 300 bps. Even the fanciest v.Everything US Robotics dialup modem still supports 300 bps. Jim -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. Blair Sent: April-16-14 10:31 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Novelty "Retro" Cell Phone Handset in an Acoustic Coupler? Have any of y'all tried using one of those novelty "retro" cell phone handsets in an acoustic coupled modem? I wonder whether their output level and mic sensitivity are sufficient, and whether their dimensions are close enough to a good ol' Model 500 handset to fit an acoustic coupler well. I may just order one up and try it, but I figured I'd ask if anybody else has tried it first. It would be silly fun to dial up over my iPhone with an acoustic coupler attached to my TRS-80 Model 100, or the DEC LA12 Correspondent terminal I have on the way from the ePlace. Not that I know of any 300 baud modems to call up, though... -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/