Date   : Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:55:29 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Cheese Wedge Dating

On Jun 3 2006,  9:25, Rob wrote:

> Must admit, I have never seen a Prestel adapter "in the flesh" as it
> were.  despite working at Micronet for a couple of years, and being
> very heavily into the BBS scene as well.  It was just a standard
> modem in the cheese wedge, wasn't it? Connected to the RS423 port.  I
> just had a variety of "normal" modems..

No, it wasn't a standard modem.  It used the standard tones for
1200/75, of course, but it was a unique design, with some rather
idiosyncratic (and sometimes problematic) control circuitry.

> So why wasn't the music 500 a cheese wedge?

Because it was made by a different company, not by Acorn, and was
intended by them to be part of a set of devices.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York