11 Jul
1997
11 Jul
'97
10:02 a.m.
Just curious (again!) if anyone is collecting the
early modems used on
computers and what might have been the earliest commercial phone modem.
I'm not doing it on purpose, but I find myself unable to let go of this
Novation CAT modem that I dredged up a few years ago...
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
11 Jul
11 Jul
2:54 p.m.
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:
I'm not doing it on purpose, but I find myself
unable to let go of this
Novation CAT modem that I dredged up a few years ago...
Hmm; I just picked one of these up with an incomplete Apple ][plus system
that I haven't yet had time to muck with, short of cleaning it up a bit.
What's special about it?
ok
-R
11:50 p.m.
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:
Are you referring to the AppleCat? That was an awesome modem. It could
do MF, tone-detection (with an add-on chip) and could also play 3-voice
music through the phone (or was it 2-voice)? I have a Novation modem
called the AutoCat 212 which is a piece of dung. I swear to almighty god
that this thing produced line noise based on my brain wave activity. Now
check this out, if I was looking at the modem, it would start spewing
line noise. If I would look away when it was transferring data, it would
work fine. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. Very weird. And frustrating. I
had to put up with dirty file transfers and modem sessions for about 3
years until I finally got another modem (couldn't afford a nice 2400 baud).
Anyway, it was a 1200 baud, no DTMF dialing (only pulse but not hayes
compatible, you had to write a special driver for it since no terminal
software on the apple seemed to support it) or you had to manually dial.
Sam
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Just curious
(again!) if anyone is collecting the early modems used on
computers and what might have been the earliest commercial phone modem.
I'm not doing it on purpose, but I find myself unable to let go of this
Novation CAT modem that I dredged up a few years ago... 
12 Jul
12 Jul
4:18 a.m.
Sam and all:
This little blurb might frusterate all of you out there, but the message
Sam posted below has GOT to be the funniest little bit I've read in a
while. I'm still laughing!!! It's 8:20am here, just woke, and, geesh, I
had to read what he said about 'mental telepathy' two or three time to
believe what I saw... and like I said, I'm still laughing. Goofy, huh??
Thanks for the chuckle, but for some reason.... I DO BELIEVE YOU!!
CORD
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On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:
Are you referring to the AppleCat? That was an awesome modem. It could
do MF, tone-detection (with an add-on chip) and could also play 3-voice
music through the phone (or was it 2-voice)? I have a Novation modem
called the AutoCat 212 which is a piece of dung. I swear to almighty god
that this thing produced line noise based on my brain wave activity. Now
check this out, if I was looking at the modem, it would start spewing
line noise. If I would look away when it was transferring data, it would
work fine. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. Very weird. And frustrating. I
had to put up with dirty file transfers and modem sessions for about 3
years until I finally got another modem (couldn't afford a nice 2400 baud).
Anyway, it was a 1200 baud, no DTMF dialing (only pulse but not hayes
compatible, you had to write a special driver for it since no terminal
software on the apple seemed to support it) or you had to manually dial.
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
Just
curious (again!) if anyone is collecting the early modems used on
computers and what might have been the earliest commercial phone modem.
I'm not doing it on purpose, but I find myself unable to let go of this
Novation CAT modem that I dredged up a few years ago...
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