Telecom-Request%usc-eclc@brl-bmd.UUCP (Telecom-Request@usc-eclc) (11/02/83)
TELECOM Digest Wednesday, 2 Nov 1983 Volume 3 : Issue 90 Today's Topics: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #89 212 modem experience with MCI S.F. Popcorn (V3, #89) Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #88 Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #89 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon 31 Oct 83 21:26:43-PST From: John Reuling <Reuling@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #89 on trivia- No, POPCORN gets you time of day in San Francisco (as well as in the rest of 415). To get Weather in 415, call WENDELL! -John ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Oct 83 13:47:00 EDT From: scrod!johnl%ima@BRL-BMD.ARPA From: John Levine@BRL-BMD.ARPA, The I.E.C.C.@BRL-BMD.ARPA, Subject: 212 modem experience with MCI I use MCI all the time for 1200 baud modem communications. When I can get through, it works fine without noticably more glitching than Bell. (Getting through is a pain because I'm using the Boston MCI "credit card" access number which is often busy. The regular access which I use from home works fine.) On another note, I am dubious about claims that the Vadic protocol is much more noise-resistant than is 212. On a Vadic modem it is, but the Vadic modem is an ancient design. Modern modems may well do as well with 212 as Vadic does with 3400. John Levine, ima!johnl and/or Levine@YALE.ARPA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Nov 83 06:51:13 PST From: jmrubin%ucbcoral.CC@Berkeley (Joel Rubin) Subject: S.F. Popcorn (V3, #89) No, it's time that's P-O-P-C-O-R-N in S.F. (actually 767-abcd) Weather is 936-abcd. (or WE6 if you prefer) ------------------------------ Date: 1 Nov 83 08:41:18 PST (Tuesday) From: Sabiers.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #88 Ron, If my memory serves me, POPCORN (or 767-xxxx, where x is any number) gives the caller the time in Northern California (Pacific Telephone territory). Now a helpless GTE customer, Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Nov 83 09:47 PST From: Swenson.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #89 "Wasn't it in San Francisco that you dialed POPCORN for the weather." In the Bay Area, time, not weather, was ROchester 7-8900. Actually, RO7- NNNN, where n is non-zero and perhaps non-1. POPCORN works. Bob Swenson ------------------------------ End of TELECOM Digest *********************