On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Joe wrote: They will work peer to peer within 1/4 mile, which is quite cool. You can imagine the possibilities. You can actually connect one modem directly to another by "dialing" the modem's serial number: ATDTabcd-wxyz where "abcd-wxyz" is the modem's four digit serial number (the dash is required I believe/assume to let the modem know you are dialing another modem). Ricochet's assets were bought out by Aerie Networks (http://www.aerienetworks.com/) who are supposed to re-introduce service at some point. I'm holding on to my modem in the hopes that it happens eventually. So far they only have Denver up with San Diego and Dallas "coming soon". A far cry from what Ricochet had, and silly considering that the Silicon Valley was their first and biggest market. I still have the manual to my modem that I can copy for you. It will give you some good information. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *