Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 11/27/2017 11:15 AM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: > > > Back in those days you could not connect anything directly to the > telephone > > lines -- you had to use the telco-supplied DAA (kaching!) or an

Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Alan Frisbie via cctalk
couryho...@aol.com wrote: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to? NEW Vintage 1971 NCR Acoustic Coupler Modem, NOS, Factory Boxed, C260-400 / F01 132411929563 on the bay It is a Bell 103A compatible modem (110 or 300 baud) used with the NCR 260 series of thermal printing

Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Ed via cctalk
OK! Shades of the crown answering machine we have in the museum with the handset lifter! Yea the price is defiantly a barrier on this except for Paul Allen I suppose. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 11/27/2017 12:16:16 P.M. US Mountain Standard

Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/27/2017 11:15 AM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: > Back in those days you could not connect anything directly to the telephone > lines -- you had to use the telco-supplied DAA (kaching!) or an acoustic > coupler.   I don't know if this modem can be connected directly to a phone > line

Livermore Data Systems / was Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Nov-26, at 2:38 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2017, couryho...@aol.com wrote: >> does the 71 sate seem early? > > No, a 1971 date does not seem too early. > > The price seems steep, even for a "relatively" early modem. > > Bell 103 (300bps) dates from 1962. > The

Re: Livermore Data Systems / was Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
The Livermore Data Systems modems that I sold off were from about 1964? On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: Were those the Livermore Data Systems modems in a wood box you were selling? Did you have anything to ascertain the 1964 date for LDS, or were you getting that date

Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread Ed via cctalk
thanks for dates. yes that all makes sense. some how my mind slipped a decade. I a looking for a GE Diginet tdm-114 acoustic coupler. 2 reasons, GE computer related but also my first acoustic coupler I had with an ASR-35 teletype I am also looking for the top mental

Re: Livermore Data Systems / was Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread steve shumaker via cctalk
On 11/27/2017 2:26 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The Livermore Data Systems modems that I sold off were from about 1964? On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: Were those the Livermore Data Systems modems in a wood box you were selling? Did you have anything to ascertain the

Re: Livermore Data Systems / was Re: what is this NCR modem? what did it go to?

2017-11-27 Thread steve shumaker via cctalk
On 11/27/2017 2:26 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The Livermore Data Systems modems that I sold off were from about 1964? On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: Were those the Livermore Data Systems modems in a wood box you were selling? Did you have anything to ascertain the