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Banksia BIT Blitzer 124E Dial-up Modem – Dial Testing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxHrmKY5hM

Banksia BIT Blitzer 124E Model BBM124E-B2CL – Dial Testing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxHrmKY5hM)

And we return to the modems. From cicadas to real life issues and back to modems. This one is actually a … Continue reading

HTTP/0.9 Request and Other One-Liners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrzWnWNCVs

HTTP/0.9 Request and Other One-Liners (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrzWnWNCVs)

A quick look at HTTP requests on really old browsers. HTTP/0.9, or just HTTP, was a very simple one-line protocol. Mozilla has a great write … Continue reading

MiSTer Mac Plus Core – Internet Access

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TQBRUclFc

MiSTer Mac Plus Core – Dialling the Internet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TQBRUclFc)

Last year we were playing around with the Macintosh Classic, thanks to Pendleton115. We wanted to get it internet ready but … Continue reading

NetComm Mega-i-Modem V.90 – Model CD2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-ekXhaUKY

NetComm Mega-i-Modem V.90 Model CD2004 56K Dial-up Modem Unboxing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-ekXhaUKY)

This modem was purchased in May 2021 and you might recognise this modem from June 2021 when the capacitors were replaced. … Continue reading

NetComm Roadster V.92 – Model AM5698

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOloActkN2Q

NetComm Roadster V.92 Model AM5698 – Overview and Dial Test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOloActkN2Q)

Back in mid-2022 I was given this modem as a gift, and while I wasn’t looking for any V.92 modems … Continue reading

Dial-up Modem Handshake Spectrogram at 31,200bps

I saw this awesome dial-up modem spectrogram from ten years ago while hunting something or other modem related on archive.org. I was curious if I could replicate it. I don’t have any clean sounds – only audio that is recorded … Continue reading