Looking for a vendor who handles older telecom equipment (See post for details)

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Looking for a vendor who handles older telecom equipment (See post for details) gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail 07-22-2006
Posted by gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail on July 22, 2006, 4:09 pm
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Hello!
For the work I do, (See website www.gregg.levine.name for details), I
need to find a gizmo that typically kept the company of the older
slower speed modems during the heyday of the dialup line period. These
devices were typically wired with modems for 1800 Baud to sometimes as
slower as 600 Baud. Supposedly according to what I can remember the
phone company insisted on their use to balance the line. They rapidly
became obsolete about the time the 2400 Baud modem became a definite
standard and were completely gone by the time the 9600 Baud devices
were used.

Essentially I need to find a vendor in my area NYC plus Westchester Co,
and CT and NJ who would want to sell me one or two of these devices,
plus assorted power supplies and maybe a few other items.

And now the reason: Every few years a customer comes to me who wants me
to study the behavior of his dialup service and suggests building a
model of the line layout. Strange yes, but he's paying me for the
hardware and such like.
--
Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com
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Posted by Rod Dorman on July 22, 2006, 6:13 pm
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>For the work I do, (See website www.gregg.levine.name for details), I
>need to find a gizmo that typically kept the company of the older
>slower speed modems during the heyday of the dialup line period. These
>devices were typically wired with modems for 1800 Baud to sometimes as
>slower as 600 Baud. Supposedly according to what I can remember the
>phone company insisted on their use to balance the line. They rapidly
>became obsolete about the time the 2400 Baud modem became a definite
>standard and were completely gone by the time the 9600 Baud devices
>were used.

Are you asking about an Data Access Arrangement (DAA)?

--
                                        -- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com

Posted by gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail on July 22, 2006, 6:55 pm
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Rod Dorman wrote:
> >For the work I do, (See website www.gregg.levine.name for details), I
> >need to find a gizmo that typically kept the company of the older
> >slower speed modems during the heyday of the dialup line period. These
> >devices were typically wired with modems for 1800 Baud to sometimes as
> >slower as 600 Baud. Supposedly according to what I can remember the
> >phone company insisted on their use to balance the line. They rapidly
> >became obsolete about the time the 2400 Baud modem became a definite
> >standard and were completely gone by the time the 9600 Baud devices
> >were used.
>
> Are you asking about an Data Access Arrangement (DAA)?
>
> --
>                                         -- Rod --
> rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com

Hello!
I don't think so. I mean I'm trying to recall the name of the thing.
And can't at the moment. I believe it might have been a DAA unit,
except it sat in a container that was designed by the phone company for
their modems. I can't recal the actual name. However, I believe you may
be right. Do you actually have one or two of these things? And can
supply a digital photo of the thing? (Not to this group. You can e-mail
me it.)
--
Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com


Posted by Reed on July 22, 2006, 9:04 pm
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gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com wrote:
> Rod Dorman wrote:
>
>>
>>>For the work I do, (See website www.gregg.levine.name for details), I
>>>need to find a gizmo that typically kept the company of the older
>>>slower speed modems during the heyday of the dialup line period. These
>>>devices were typically wired with modems for 1800 Baud to sometimes as
>>>slower as 600 Baud. Supposedly according to what I can remember the
>>>phone company insisted on their use to balance the line. They rapidly
>>>became obsolete about the time the 2400 Baud modem became a definite
>>>standard and were completely gone by the time the 9600 Baud devices
>>>were used.
>>
>>Are you asking about an Data Access Arrangement (DAA)?
>>
>>--
>>                                        -- Rod --
>>rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
>
>
> Hello!
> I don't think so. I mean I'm trying to recall the name of the thing.
> And can't at the moment. I believe it might have been a DAA unit,
> except it sat in a container that was designed by the phone company for
> their modems. I can't recal the actual name. However, I believe you may
> be right. Do you actually have one or two of these things? And can
> supply a digital photo of the thing? (Not to this group. You can e-mail
> me it.)
> --
> Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com
>

The classic Bell (or Western Electric) DAA circa 1970 was a wall-mounted
unit with a gray plastic cover. Two models, 2 wire manual dial/answer or
8 (IIRC) wire auto-answer. Test switch on top. Had an associated
telephone with exclusion key for manual dialing (these were pre-Hayes AT
modem days). In Bell operating co areas they would only have been WECO
units, probably hard to find today.

--reed


Posted by gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail on July 23, 2006, 10:20 pm
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Reed wrote:
> gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com wrote:
> > Rod Dorman wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>>For the work I do, (See website www.gregg.levine.name for details), I
> >>>need to find a gizmo that typically kept the company of the older
> >>>slower speed modems during the heyday of the dialup line period. These
> >>>devices were typically wired with modems for 1800 Baud to sometimes as
> >>>slower as 600 Baud. Supposedly according to what I can remember the
> >>>phone company insisted on their use to balance the line. They rapidly
> >>>became obsolete about the time the 2400 Baud modem became a definite
> >>>standard and were completely gone by the time the 9600 Baud devices
> >>>were used.
> >>
> >>Are you asking about an Data Access Arrangement (DAA)?
> >>
> >>--
> >>                                        -- Rod --
> >>rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
> >
> >
> > Hello!
> > I don't think so. I mean I'm trying to recall the name of the thing.
> > And can't at the moment. I believe it might have been a DAA unit,
> > except it sat in a container that was designed by the phone company for
> > their modems. I can't recal the actual name. However, I believe you may
> > be right. Do you actually have one or two of these things? And can
> > supply a digital photo of the thing? (Not to this group. You can e-mail
> > me it.)
> > --
> > Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com
> >
>
> The classic Bell (or Western Electric) DAA circa 1970 was a wall-mounted
> unit with a gray plastic cover. Two models, 2 wire manual dial/answer or
> 8 (IIRC) wire auto-answer. Test switch on top. Had an associated
> telephone with exclusion key for manual dialing (these were pre-Hayes AT
> modem days). In Bell operating co areas they would only have been WECO
> units, probably hard to find today.
>
> --reed

Hello!
Thank you sir! Then that confirms that sure as taxes it isn't a WECO
DAA. And your right the only modems I can think of for dial serviced
services, were other company modems, and not as good as the Hayes ones
were right up to about a few years ago. (Including the WECO modems
themselves!)

I would say it certainly isn't that thing but the next item in the list
of devices. I should also remind all of us that it was dressed in the
same case as the modem next to it.
--
Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com


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