On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, I wrote
] Okay, I've now given up hope that those old modems will ever be
] at all useful or interesting to me. So they're up for grabs,
] for the cost of postage.
] ...blah, blah, blah...
To which there were several replies...
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Tim Shoppa <shoppa_at_alph02.triumf.ca> wrote:
] > ... The consensus seems to be that they need some associated
] > equipment to do the dialing.
]
] The "associated equipment" is nothing more than a regular phone.
] ...
Can you tell me how to do that? An earlier reply (from Bill Pechter?)
said I needed a "dataphone", and would dial with that and then press
a "data" switch. I have neither a dataphone nor a data switch...
I did try mucking around with the "talk" switch and an ordinary telephone,
but couldn't get any interesting behavior out of them. (Ie: I connected
the "telco" socket on the modem to the phone line from the wall, and
then the telephone into "telset" on the modem. I also tried connecting
both the modem and the telephone to the wall via a "Y" adapter. Did I
miss some obvious thing? I don't now remember which setup gave what
results, but in the cases when I could actually dial out and get a
carrier, I couldn't get the modem to do anything about it.)
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Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bbtel.com> wrote:
] > ... None respond to the Hayes "AT" command set, and each has a ...
] have you tried thr Racal Vadic command set, and do they have to be AT
] command compatible? I have a box stashed out in the storage building with
] a bunch of old modems, 300/1200/2400 types and all externals. I'll have
] to dig fo them this weekend (along with the Commie stuff I was supposed
] to get last weekend) and see what there is and let you know. What exactly
] are you planing to do with the modems and what speed do you need?
I've never even heard of the Racal Vadic command set, although I do
recognize the name as an old modem manufacturer. Hints would be welcome.
I don't have any real need for these modems, except that they are old
computer stuff, and were on their way to a land fill. I snagged 'em
mainly thinking that somebody on this list might be interested in them.
I could easily picture them on a shelf next to a Vax, happily chugging
away. (And for that purpose, I might hang onto one of them for myself.
But that leaves three taking up floor space.)
] > Similarly, I've got a Sytek 2532 Packet Communications Unit, with...
] Almost sounds like a multiplexer unit.....someone has a boat without an
] anchor out there.
:-)
Well, one man's anchor is another man's treasure, right? We aren't
hanging around on this list because we only like the fastest compustuff.
Anybody with a basement full of old computers might very well want some
old networking stuff to glue them together with.
As for me, I don't even have a basement. But I am off to a good start;
I have stuff to populate one.
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Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com> wrote:
] Bill Yakowenko wrote:
] > There are two BellSouth 212A's, and two similar modems by Penril.
] From my experience with Penril modem the best thing you can do is send
] them to the dumpster. ...
What, no warm fuzzy nostagic feelings for these? :-)
How about this, slap a 56K modem inside the shell, maybe even wire up
the front-panel LEDs appropriately, and amaze your friends. It all
depends on what kind of thrill you're after.
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BTW, if I come across more junk like this, should I continue to post
it here, or should I just list it on that web page and assume that
interested parties will find it?
Cheers,
Bill.
Received on Sun Aug 02 1998 - 18:35:01 BST