On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:39 PM segaloco via COFF <coff(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
Howdy folks, just finished an exciting series of
repairs and now have a
DEC VT100 plumbed into a Western Electric Data Set 103J. I was able to
supply an answer tone (~2250Hz) at which point the modem began transmitting
data. I could then pull the answer tone down and the connection remained,
with keypresses on the VT100 properly translating to noise on the line.
Really all I have left is to see if it can do the real thing. I'm keeping
an eye out for another such modem but in the meantime, is anyone aware of
any 300-baud systems out there in the world that are currently accepting
dials in? I don't have POTS at home but they do at my music practice space
and if there is such a machine out there, I kinda wanna take my terminal
and modem down there and see if I can straight up call a computer over this
thing.
There are plenty to be found, so I'm not going to answer that question
directly but offer a slightly different possibility, which might make
debugging easier.
If you have a second (known working) modem, get something like the Viking
DLE-200B, which is about $125 or less on eBay/Amazon or the like.
It will simulate a traditional POTS line -- has two RJ11 ports in it.
I used to have access to a similar unit a few years ago (it actually could
support 4 lines, IIRC), but for your purposes, I suspect it will work. But
that makes everything a closed system under your control.
Clem
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