[vcf-midatlantic] Hayes 300bps SmartModem for museum exhbit?

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:16 AM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> We're building a museum exhbit on historical modems. RIght now we have:
>
> Acoustic
>
> USR 300 bps
>
> USR Dual Standard Courier 14.4kbps (Sysop badged)
>
> Telebit T2500
>
> Hayes 9600 bps
>
> USR Sportster V.92
>
> The idea is feature the beginnings (acoustic) and ends (USR V.92) and
> several important modems in both the hobbyist space (the Dual Standard
> being very popular with BBSs) and the business space (Telebit).
>
> We'd like to replace the Hayes 9600 with a Hayes 300 SmartModem so
> people can see the modem that birthed the Hayes command set. Research
> indicates that the 300 is the first with the Hayes AT command set, but
> any corrections are welcome. Does anyone have a 300 they would be wiling
> to donate or lend?


You should have a commodore modem in the warehouse. The brown one that is
300 baud. It used to be next to the Commodore 64 years ago. It says
Vicmodem.


>
> Museum exhibits will be changed much more frequently, although not on
> any set schedule as of yet, so any loan will most certainly be for less
> than one year.
>
> I'll add that, as it stands, this is a behind glass exhibit. There
> certainly is the possibility of connecting some of these (or other)
> modems to machines as we consider possible infrastructure capabilities
> on the museum.
>
> Thanks!
>
>       -Adam
>
> --
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Jeff Brace
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Vintage Computer Federation
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