On 2019-05-31 10:36 p.m., Terry Kennedy wrote:
Gandalf Quad PACX IV which was a 1024-terminal to 512-host-port concentrator. Each port had 4 red LEDs, so a total of 6144 LEDs. It also had a "lamp test" button. I bet you can see where this is going... Those LEDs gave off enough IR that you could feel it from quite some distance away
I was always sad about Gandalf, they kinda Zigged when everyone else zagged. Way Back when I recall showing one of their engineers one of the First HAYES modems -and I asked why Gandalf was not in the market. He answered that PCs were Kids stuff, and that they only made products for data centers.
I also recall lightly hacking a PACX one time. The computer I wanted at a certain local site had limited dial up lines, but the site where it was had other lines for commercial users - dialing up that line the PACX asked me to provide the "CLASS" I wanted and was happy to connect me.
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