7 Aug
2004
7 Aug
'04
10:39 a.m.
I have a bunch of 1200 and 2400's lying around, if anyone's interested
(I might take them up to VCF and try to sell them there....)
7 Aug
7 Aug
12:45 p.m.
I have a bunch of 1200 and 2400's lying around, if anyone's interested
Those are old modems??? They sound rather modern to me :-). Old modems
are things like the Plessey (badged GPO or BT) Modem 2B (all discrete
transsitors, pot-cores in the filters, does 300 buard), or the 13A (A
300 baud modem in a plinth that fits under a Telephone 746). Actually,
those might be too modern for some people :-)
More seriously, some modems are 'collectable' (how I hate that word!). I
think the Hayes oens in the aluminum cases with the black end panels are.
Maybe things like the UK Pace Linnet (how many UK BBS enthusiasts had one
of those? :-). Maybe some of the acccoustic couplers. Personally, I like
modems with very unconventioanl circuitry, like one I have that uses an
8088 as a DSP, or one that's got a couple of large boards stuffed with
AMD 2900 seires chips and an 8*8 multipiier. I think that one does 2400
bps on a private line.
-tony
1:40 p.m.
Those are old modems??? They sound rather modern to me
:-). Old modems
Yes, they are.
I still remember the modem we had at school.. like Tony said, twas a big
box loaded with cards, and it did 300bps. We eventually modified it (and
the one at the other end of the line) to do 450 :)
Still... yeah, modems are kinda collectable, and they do present a fair
part of technological advances...
--f
1:47 p.m.
I have a pretty good size collection of modems mostly external ones with a
few odd size/shape internals.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje(a)pdp11.nl>
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Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 5:40 PM
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Those are old
modems??? They sound rather modern to me :-). Old modems
Yes, they are.
I still remember the modem we had at school.. like Tony said, twas a big
box loaded with cards, and it did 300bps. We eventually modified it (and
the one at the other end of the line) to do 450 :)
Still... yeah, modems are kinda collectable, and they do present a fair
part of technological advances...
--f
4:21 p.m.
Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Most don't collect them, They accumulate them..
Jim Davis.
Those are old
modems??? They sound rather modern to me :-). Old modems
Yes, they are.
I still remember the modem we had at school.. like Tony said, twas a big
box loaded with cards, and it did 300bps. We eventually modified it (and
the one at the other end of the line) to do 450 :)
Still... yeah, modems are kinda collectable, and they do present a fair
part of technological advances...
--f
5:18 p.m.
Old modems
are things like the Plessey (badged GPO or BT) Modem 2B (all discrete
transsitors, pot-cores in the filters, does 300 buard), or the 13A (A
300 baud modem in a plinth that fits under a Telephone 746). Actually,
those might be too modern for some people :-)
What about the old light blue metal boxes labled "Gandalf"?
Jay
8 Aug
8 Aug
11:36 a.m.
we collect them, but have yet to assemble a large display on the
evolution....
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Does anyone collect old Modems?
Old modems
are things like the Plessey (badged GPO or BT) Modem 2B (all discrete
transsitors, pot-cores in the filters, does 300 buard), or the 13A (A
300 baud modem in a plinth that fits under a Telephone 746). Actually,
those might be too modern for some people :-)
What about the old light blue metal boxes labled "Gandalf"?
Jay
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