Date   : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:32:48 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: More for the dump, unless...

On 10 August 2010 06:06, Mike Tomlinson <mike@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, they're the ones. ?Can't remember what the chunky knob did - was
> it baud rate selection?

Yep, various speeds in combinations up to 1200 baud.

> Ever looked inside one? ?Bit of a nightmare iirc. ?Poorly put together
> by hand.

They certainly look like they were.  Mine also have a definitely
hand-made (by me!) auto-answer board inside.  Half a dozen discretes
on a bit of veroboard that plugs into internal headers.

They appear to be a straight copy of another modem of the time, a
"kirk" modem I think it is - got one but it's in the box as it's not
working.

>
>>(thinks: must reboot those beebs,,,)
>
> that's quite some loft. ?Hope the floor is strengthened :-)

Apparently it is .... but that's another story, one for a
cowboy-builders forum...

Rob