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Re: AT&T Dataphone - Modem or "Service"?
by Jeff G 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Thanks Jeff/Neil/others! Yeah I did some more research myself and it seems that it was basically a brand for all the various lines and hardware. There was a monitoring service offered as well (wonders just how much you can monitor a line at 2400 baud) under the same brand name. I'll have to post some pictures sometime - I have/had a ton of the outlet strips from those server cabinets, and my uncle got a bunch of the aluminum paneling from the front doors of the cabinets (some silver some wood grained) that he used around his house that is still there (complete with logos). And as a side note - I found an interesting tidbit about a Dataphone modem having kill someone due to a failing capacitor: http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/articleview.php?item=111 (I definitely remember seeing these in the piles amongst all the dataphone stuff, but most of the stuff in the server cabinets were the smaller modem units). Jeff (aka Bags)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Apple II, North Carolina run go get it
by Evan Koblentz 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

>> Honest question (I’m not an Apple II guy), is that a fair price if fully functional? Tony and Corey can give better answers, but the short version is: yes. Straight IIs are going for four figures, sometimes five for the best among them. On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 3:46 PM Jonathan Sturges via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Honest question (I’m not an Apple II guy), is that a fair price if fully > functional? > > > On Aug 8, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org > wrote: > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 10:19:10 -0400 > > From: Christian Liendo <cliendo(a)gmail.com> > > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Apple II, North Carolina run go get it > > Message-ID: > > <CAA9iAfto0i2KxWqiu1NZUF6vSEA2pb00fFsEhKhccA8B6_MEYA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/sys/d/spring-lake-apple-ii-computer/694… > >

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Re: Apple II, North Carolina run go get it
by Jonathan Sturges 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Honest question (I’m not an Apple II guy), is that a fair price if fully functional? > On Aug 8, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 10:19:10 -0400 > From: Christian Liendo <cliendo(a)gmail.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Apple II, North Carolina run go get it > Message-ID: > <CAA9iAfto0i2KxWqiu1NZUF6vSEA2pb00fFsEhKhccA8B6_MEYA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/sys/d/spring-lake-apple-ii-computer/694…

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Random thought: VCF East clones exhibit
by Evan Koblentz 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

I'm not sure if this has been done, other than for specific brands (mainly Apple II/Mac): someone should make a whole exhibit (or arrange a team exhibit) exclusively for vintage clones (not modern replicas).

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Modest day; a few families came through. I talked to our neighbors in the train group about relocating the hallway TV that hangs from the ceiling, so it would be in a more visible spot. Pulled out some overgrowth that was in front of our warehouse door. Evan Koblentz Executive Director, Vintage Computer Federation evan(a)vcfed.org / (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org @vcfederation

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Aug and Sep Workshop dates?
by Andrew Diller 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

Florida has fried my brain. What are the dates for Aug and September workshops? -andy

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] At&t Dataphone - Modem or "Service"?
by jaj＠totallyamused.com 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

It was a Service, appears to still be, though likely no longer actively sold. It's one of the first digital services tariffed by the telephone companies (started in 1973.) Started as "Digital Data Service" but was renamed by AT&T as "Dataphone Digital Service". Both voice and data transmission are serviced at speeds from 2.4 to 56Kbps. This was pre-divestiture, so service and equipment were "one", I recall in the early 80s having a "modem" that had Dataphone on the front and the Bell System logo, but it wasn't an analog device -- or didn't work with POTS lines. >On 8/6/19 4:26 PM, Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >Data-Phone (Dataphone) were a series of product that allowed devices >(often computers but I don't know it if was limited to computers) to communicate >across the telephone network. The earlier versions are not the familiar modems >we had in the BBS error but were built for channelized T1, switched 56 and other >AT&T services. I don't recall any service with the name Dataphone but I didn't >do AT&T data services until the late 1980's/1990s. I recall seeing X25 switches >and various DSUs with Dataphone. In the 80's I also seeing Dataphone on some >Paradyne modems.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Second time in a week: CL find...
by Andrew Diller 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

Was it pulled because someone here at VCF contacted him? Or pulled for some unknown reason? Was that a special Apple II? -andy > On Aug 6, 2019, at 8:14 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Second time in a week: CL find... > Date: August 6, 2019 at 8:14:46 PM EDT > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > > "The posting has been deleted by its author" > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> On Aug 6, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> https://nwct.craigslist.org/atq/d/morris-1977-apple-ii/6949597024.html >> >> Can one of our local Apple II experts tell anything about the revision >> number based on the pictures? > > >

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Second time in a week: CL find...
by Evan Koblentz 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

https://nwct.craigslist.org/atq/d/morris-1977-apple-ii/6949597024.html Can one of our local Apple II experts tell anything about the revision number based on the pictures?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] At&t Dataphone - Modem or "Service"?
by Neil Cherry 06 Aug '19

06 Aug '19

On 8/6/19 4:26 PM, Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic wrote: Data-Phone (Dataphone) were a series of product that allowed devices (often computers but I don't know it if was limited to computers) to communicate across the telephone network. The earlier versions are not the familiar modems we had in the BBS error but were built for channelized T1, switched 56 and other AT&T services. I don't recall any service with the name Dataphone but I didn't do AT&T data services until the late 1980's/1990s. I recall seeing X25 switches and various DSUs with Dataphone. In the 80's I also seeing Dataphone on some Paradyne modems. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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