[Coco] Ebay chuckle of the day

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Mon Oct 11 13:23:53 EDT 2010


It's a Modem 1B, a later reissue of the Modem 1.

Art
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rob Rosenbrock <rob.coco at zaphod.tzo.com>wrote:

> 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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