pickle@nmtvax.UUCP (12/17/85)
Some of you may recall some postings about cheap modems a while back,
so heres a followup for all of you waiting with baited breath.... I ordered
the Atari 830 and telelink cartridge from Atari for $25. It arrived a few
days ago, and I've tested it with an Atari and 850 interface, and a normal
terminal--it works as advertised. 300 baud is kind of slow, but for the price,
I'm not one to complain.
About the modem: it's acoustic, 300 baud, brainless (you have to set
switches for originate/answer, full and half duplex), has it's own power
supply, and comes with a cable to connect the rs232 on the modem to the
serial on an 850. The rs232 must be normal because I used a HP plotter
cable to connect it to a wyse terminal, and had no problems. Rumor has
it that the modem is a Novation in an Atari box.... I also got an hour
of Compuserve, Dow Jones, and the Source free [doubt that I'll use them,
though].
I'm not sure if Atari still has any, but for the price, it would be
worth finding out (if you need a modem, of course). There was an 3 page ad
in Analog about 2 months back.
Hope somebody has some use for this.... BTW, allow a few extra weeks
for delivery--they said about 6, and it took 8.
Patrick Madden, at a dusty terminal in a dusty town in a dusty state....
And now with a dusty modem.
!cmcl2!lanl!unmc!nmtvax!pickle | "And through the wire
!ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!pickle | I see your face."
PS: Thanx to Mr. Hartman for the modem tutorials, Fun Eddy for the 850 and
manual, and Ray for the cable and implements of destruction.daemon@houligan.UUCP (01/07/86)
In article <906@nmtvax.UUCP> pickle@nmtvax.UUCP writes: > ... Atari 830 and telelink cartridge from Atari for $25. > ... Rumor has > it that the modem is a Novation in an Atari box.... Take a look at the power supply (plug-in) box. It's a Novation. > I'm not sure if Atari still has any, but for the price, it would be > worth finding out (if you need a modem, of course). There was an 3 page ad > in Analog about 2 months back. I got mine at Sears on a huge Clearance table (lots of calculator, computer and camera stuff) in a beat-up carton with numerous price stickers, starting at $189, marked down through the ages to $6.00 (bright pink sticker). At that price, I don't mind having a spare modem around, even if it is a bit dumb. > Patrick Madden, at a dusty terminal in a dusty town in a dusty state.... > And now with a dusty modem. > !cmcl2!lanl!unmc!nmtvax!pickle | "And through the wire > !ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!pickle | I see your face." --tgi while (--tgi) /* my mind continues to decay */ ; /* even though I do nothing.. */ {brl-bmd,ccvaxa,pur-ee,sun}!csd-gould!midas!tgi (Craig Strickland @ Gould) 305/587-2900 x5014 CompuServe: 76545,1007 Source: BDQ615 MCIMail: 272-3350 (echo ".ft B"; echo ".ps 999"; echo "$disclaimer") | troff -t # :-)