REAL plug&play hardware

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Thu Jun 12 22:34:52 1997

'Aw shoot, the kind of modems we had in the old days were truly
user-friendly. I had a Prentice 212 (1200 baud, whoa!), and it would
come up with a dialing directory! Just one keystroke to select an
entry, and awaaaaaay we go!

Of course, it also had commands to dial any number, if it wasn't in
memory . . .

Jeff

P.S. - I think I still have this thing . . .


> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 20:21:59 -0700
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Jeff Hellige <jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: REAL plug&play hardware

> Tim Shoppa wrote:
> > I remember showing an undergraduate how it was possible to plug
> > a modem into a terminal and dial up to a shell account. He was
> > so amazed that the world had been easily fooled into thinking that you
> > need a computer to access the Internet :-)
>
> Tim,
>
> How true. One of my first experiences with a modem was messing with a
> non-Hayes compatible Racal-Vadic with a simple terminal, though I forget
> just which terminal it was emulating. Now I occasionally do the
> opposite of what you refer to above and hook my Atari ST up to my Amiga
> 3000 as a VT-100 terminal for shell processes!
>
> Jeff jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Collector of Classic Computers: Amiga 1000, Apple II+, Atari 800,
> 800XL, MegaST-2, XE System, Coleco Adam, Commodore 128D, 16, Plus/4,
> VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osbourne Executive,
> Radofin Aquarius, TI-99/4A, Sinclair ZX-81, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80
> Color Computer 3, Model 4, and Model 4P. Also Odyssey2, Atari SuperPong
> and Atari 2600VCS game consoles
>
Received on Thu Jun 12 1997 - 22:34:52 BST