28 May
2009
28 May
'09
4:03 p.m.
David Griffith wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Golan Klinger wrote:
I have one of the same model as shown in the video (Livermore Data Systems
model A). Component date codes in mine are 1969/70, the 1964 suggestion may be
a little early, but I guess it depends on how long they were producing them
for. Very elaborate woodwork for the task (solid teak or walnut with dovetail
joints) but I suppose the wood case had some acoustic advantages. 13 transistors.
(pedantic: His technical description was a little off, it's FSK, not an
'interrupted' tone.)
Does anyone know if the frequencies for the 110 and 300 baud modem standards
were the same or different?
Disclaimer: I wouldn't normally post this
sort of thing but I'm
confident it will be of interest to more than a few on this list.
"1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE>
It certainly is of interest. I'd like to get one of those for myself. It
shouldn't be too terribly hard to homebrew one of these things into a
shoeshine box, right?