The sig. of Dennis! now that is neat!
well in looking into the s100 board it seems to indicate that many many
options could be set under program control, however I am still not sure it
is the at command set... maybe it was some binary sent to it..... I just
wish I checked remember how the micromodem on the apple worked I suspect the
same as the s100 board...
ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Oliver" <go_at_ao.com>
To: <General Discussion :>; "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: *****hayes modem history.....
> Yes, back in "those days" a DAA was required for connection to the
> precious phone circuits...
>
> I had one of these modems when they were new (still have it, in fact - I
> never throw anything away, alas.) While trying to establish a second
> line for data connections, I was repeatedly asked "what kind of business
> are you running?" Ma Bell had difficulty understanding a "hobby" use
> for a modem.
>
> After *many* phone calls, I was eventually assigned a "data account
> representative" and received the work order number and target
> installation date for my provisioning. The day came and *three* guys
> showed up with several boxes of equipment. They installed the extra
> line, made measurements and recorded the line quality to the central
> office and left me with a packet of paperwork. The installation charge
> was $0 and the monthly charge was the normal residential rate (they got
> quite a few more $$ from the commercial customers, most likely
> explaining the extra effort expended on getting things "just right.")
>
> While in school, I moved several times over the next few years and each
> time several people came out and reconnected everything and went through
> the same line tests. This for the 'data' line only - the voice line got
> the usual 15 second "it seems to work" treatment.
>
> I think I still have my cancelled check with Dennis' or his partner's
> signature on it... They were a small company back then - having just
> escaped from his garage.
>
> Those were the days!
> -Gary
>
>
> Ed Sharpe wrote:
> > yes the s 100 part is that way also... the separate chingus is the
data
> > access arrangement (DAA) that makes it legal for the board to hook to
ma
> > bell...
> >
> > for interesting trip google carterphone decision
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC
> >
> > See the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
> > online at:
> > http://www.smecc.org
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
> > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: *****hayes modem history.....
> >
>
>
>
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