On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, John Foust wrote:
>
> On a recent surplus hunt, I picked up an Anderson Jacobson
> ADC 300 baud acoustic coupler modem for $1. What a beauty - it's
> in a wooden box with a flip-top lid and a brushed aluminum
> interior panel. It has two DB-25 connectors, but one is used
> to feed *in* the AC power (!). I haven't disassembled it yet.
> I did a quick web search and one turns up in Megan Gentry's
> collection. How old is this? It's serial number 759.
Well... I remember using a modem like that with a Teletype to dial into
the original CBBS (Chicago) system in probably late 1977 or early 1978...
-jim
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