Are you sure about that? The 9k6 leased line was run on a pair of Paradyne error correcting leased line Async Modems, which John Houlker smuggled into New Zealand stating it was a computer, off the top of my head. The Paradynes were ditched personally by me, after I found them hidden under the raised flooring in the Comms room at the back of the Computer Room. They were sitting beside the old router, the name of which I can't remember anymore, which was a PC chassis, before that was replaced by the Cisco MGS which ran the internet from when it was upgraded to the 64k Synchronous Serial link. If they indeed came from UoW, you would need to check with John Houlker as to whether they were ever turned on or not, I'm not aware of when the Net in NZ ran at 14k4, but that was a wee bit before my time. Arron Scott -----Original Message----- From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry(a)coders.net] Sent: Friday, 2 June 2006 5:08 p.m. To: Patrick Jordan-Smith Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] What is this? Patrick Jordan-Smith wrote:
On 2/06/2006, at 4:51 PM, Perry Lorier wrote:
http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/history/
Anyone guess what this modem was last used for? and when/where? We powered it on, it still works :)
Is it the modem used after the link from Waikato -> Hawaii was upgraded from 9.6k?
Yup. One of the guys around here had it propping up his TV after deciding it just couldn't be thrown out. It's a 14k4 modem, I believe it's for leased line operation (haven't plugged it into a serial port to find out). After we powered it on we noticed the "110v" label on the back, maybe running it at 240v means it'll run at 28k8? :) It complains about "Carrier Not Detected" for some strange reason. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog