old modems & a packet switcher

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon Aug 3 13:20:10 1998

At 02:01 PM 8/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>When I worked with sync comms, the hardest thing to simulate was the POTS
>lines. We eventually built a product that never sold (but got lots of
>in-house use) that simulated a C.O., down to line faults like one-way
>connections and the like.

I'm surprised by this. I'd thought about ways of linking any number
of old PCs at up to 2000 foot distances, and thought about recreating a
POTS network and using now-free modems to send small amounts of data
between them and to a central computer... but I'd never seen a
reference to doing this in FAQs on the net. I'd assumed that
was because it was too easy, not too hard.

- John
Received on Mon Aug 03 1998 - 13:20:10 BST

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