On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
We had (I doubt any are still in use) some modems over
here that (IIRC)
were made by Plessey, and rented by the GPO (who ran the telephone
service, and who owned everything connected to it at the time. You had to
rent whatever equipment you wanted from them). Anyway, the modems in
question were large -- about 2/3 the size of a PC/AT system box -- metal
cases with (mormally) 4 plug-in modules inside. They were the PSU,
Modulator, Demodulator, and control. It was all discrete components
(well, the 'control' module, which did things like ring detection,
hookswitch, etc used a number of relays). The modulator was either a pair
of oscillators and a way to swich between them, or a single VCO with a
circuit to switch the control voltage.
I just picked up something like this a few weeks ago. I believe it was
all discrete components on about 4 plug-in modules as you describe, but
I've forgotten who manufactured it. I'll take a peek at it when I get
home.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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