[Coco] Ebay chuckle of the day

[Little John]

The 1B is a 300 baud modem. I have four or five of them lying around (well 
my Son does since technically I gave everything to him...) Here's a link:
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/Tandy/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Rosenbrock" <rob.coco at zaphod.tzo.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Ebay chuckle of the day


> Could be. It looked just like the ones we used in the stores, and I was 
> thinking they were 1200.
>
>>From the picture of the bottom, it looks like the cat number begins 
>>'26-117' and I can't make out the last number.
>
> The cat numbers in that range:
> 26-1170 Telephone Interface 1 149
> 26-1171 Telephone Interface 2 199
> 26-1172 Direct Connect Modem 1 149
> 26-1173 Direct Connect Modem 2 249,199
> 26-1174 Acoustic Coupler AC-3 149
> 26-1175 DC Modem 1 99
> 26-1176 DC 2212 Modem 399
> 26-1177 DCM 5  129
> 26-1178 DCM 3  59
> 26-1179 AC-4  119
>
> 26-1173 is a Modem II at 300 baud. I presume that 26-1172 must be 
> something around 110? I'd bet we're looking at either 26-1175 or 26-1176.
>
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Manny wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 12:40 -0400, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:
>>> Is that 1200 baud?
>>
>> Looks like the 300 baud one I have in the States.  Couldn't tell you the
>> cat number, though.  I'm guessing that they all looked similar?
>>
>> -M.
>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Mark McDougall wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/10/2010 1:46 AM, Rogelio Perea wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Reading the title/heading of this auction provided for a solid giggle:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260676472841
>>>>>
>>>>> "Internet"... it tops the unruly habit of some clueless sellers on 
>>>>> calling
>>>>> all vintage hardware "very rare" :-)
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> At least he's not asking $350+ for it...
>>>>
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