[IS THIS IN LOWERCASE] IT SHOWED UP INN SMALLER CAPS. APPARENTLY THE SHIFT KEY works opposite of what im used too> if I hold down shift I get lowercase. -------

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, D. Peschel wrote: On several of my older printing terminals, the Caps Lock key simply reverses the figures/letters sense of the whole keyboard, instead of the more modern selective capslock of our more Modern, Dynamic, Ultra-Advanced day. It's 10 o'clock: do *you* know what state your capslock is in? Cheers John

Hi, Do you have a CAPS LOCK key on your keyboard? If yes, try pressing it before using the shift key. I hope this helps you. What type of computer are you using? John Amirault D. Peschel wrote:

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote: Ooooooo... the 'DAA' B^} (Sherman, set the Wayback machine...) In the days before the 'Carterphone' decision, it was illegal to connect any privately owned equipment to the telephone 'network' without the use of a 'Data Access Arrangement' which could only be leased (at first, purchaseable later for mucho $$$) from your 'friendly' local telco. A nice black box to which you could connect 'approved' equipment, and the DAA would (supposedly) protect the telephone network from any indescretions that your equipment might cause. Following the 'Carterphone' decision, the specifications for DAA like devices had to be made available to manufacturers of telephony equipment (witness the little grey box that came with the original Hayes S-100 modem card), and the rest as they say, is history... -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174

Don Maslin wrote: Yes, but did the DAA actually do anything in terms of signals? In other words, what were the specs, and in hindsight, could people have reverse- engineered the DAA? -- Derek

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, D. Peschel wrote: I may be wrong but from my interpretation of the Hayes manual it seemed to do some sort of decoding/encoding. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always being hassled by the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 12/07/98]

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote: Me & Eric Smith were just going over this trying to figure out whether or not we needed one for the original DC Hayes S100 modem card. The DAA was basically a device that converted the digital signals coming off the card into analog tones. You could only get this from Bell back in the day and you had to pay dearly for it. The plexi-glass covered box that comes with the Hayes Micromodem ][ is a DAA. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always being hassled by the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 12/07/98]