[vcf-midatlantic] Your First Modem? (was: Help me remember my first modem)

[Mike Loewen]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

> On 12/28/21 4:42 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>
>  Wow, nice, I remember those from ads.
>
>>      Dave, I have a Livermore 76B:
>
>  Nice!  My 71B is very nearly identical to that, except the left switch on 
> the rear has three positions, instead of two.  I don't recall what the other 
> position is offhand.
>
>  In mine, the two lamps on the front were those cylindrical aluminum 
> incandescent cartridge bulbs, both of which were burnt out.  I couldn't get 
> replacements at the time (I was ~13) so I replaced both of the bulbs and 
> their sockets with LEDs, padded with some hot glue around them.

    Maybe the lamps on mine are just burned out. I'll have to check.


Mike Loewen				mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
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