[ale] OT: old phone

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Fri Dec 21 20:44:56 EST 2018


I never had an early 8 bit machine with modem so I want to recreate the
experience.

The Commodore modem is suppose to be the first modem under $100. That is
one reason not to have a dialing capabilities :)

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 8:40 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org wrote:

> Ah, my first computer, I didn't a modem until my Atari 130XE, 300 Buads,
> worked a whole summer to save up $300 for 1200 baud modem, ran up $400
> compuserver bill and mad my parents upset because every night I would
> access pirate BBS sites in FL. LOL.
>
> Fun times.
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:35 PM Jim Baker via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> I have both. A little "princess" (i think it is) phone with buttons and a
>> big rotary dial phone.
>>
>> I could loan one or the other for testing I suppose...
>>
>> I live in West Cobb near the Avenue.
>>
>>
>> On 12/21/18 7:02 PM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>>
>> Anybody to have an old phone around the house. Something from the rotary
>> dial era or the buttons period after that. Most important feature is
>> detachable handset with the four pin jack. Reason I'm asking is I have an
>> old VIC20 with the first Commodore modem and i want to test it. The modem
>> could not dial itself and plugs to the cable of the handset.
>>
>> Goodwill started laughing when i asked if they have one :)
>>
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