WHOOPEE!

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Dec 7 17:20:07 1998

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:

> It was an NCR 260. Printing terminal, not a computer.
> Talks 300/110 baud, and has EIA and DAA ports. (DAA= Bell's Data
> Access Arrangement? What was this?)
> -------
 
That dates back to the days when it was illegal(?) to directly connect
any non-Bell equipment to the phone lines. The DAA served to "protect"
the lines from defective or poorly designed third party hardware. (It
also served to fatten Ma Bell's purse!)

                                                 - don
Received on Mon Dec 07 1998 - 17:20:07 GMT