Nix McRetro
This modem was purchased in May 2021 and you might recognise this modem from June 2021 when the capacitors were replaced. As you can see in the above video this was originally a boxed modem in brand new condition.
Up next we have an internal overview of the modem before it was recapped. There’s those STONE-branded capacitors again. Quite a late model, estimated to be around mid-late 2008 going off the date codes on the components and the PCB silkscreen markings.
I only have two photos of the modem and the following log is limited because I might have accidentally ran a rouge…
rm -rf *
… in terminal while in my Desktop folder… I had backups but they sadly didn’t include that modem. Many modem log files were lost that day. I guess that’s what I get for messing about with the GeoCities archive late at night.
---------- 2021-06-02 12:41:41 +1000: Logging Started ----------
AT&F
OK
AT&FE0V0&D2&C1S0=0
OK
ATI0
57600
OK
ATI1
MISSING DATA
ATI2
OK
ATI3
MISSING DATA
ATI4
MISSING DATA
ATI5
MISSING DATA
ATI6
MISSING DATA
ATI7
MISSING DATA
ATI8
MISSING DATA
ATDT1234567890
CONNECT 28800
Looks like the majority were replaced with Panasonic FR series caps. There were 11 capacitors in total. I didn’t note down the locations of each capacitor, but rest assured you can see the locations in the video above.
The parts listed below are manufacturer part numbers. The formatting isn’t too web friendly, copy the raw text out and paste it into a non-rich text editor (Such as Notepad or TextEdit – in plain text mode) and you’ll probably be fine. 😄
Value Voltage Height Width Notes
470uF 16V 12mm 7mm EEUFR1C471
470uF 16V 12mm 7mm EEUFR1C471
470uF 16V 12mm 7mm EEUFR1C471
470uF 16V 12mm 7mm EEUFR1C471
470uF 16V 12mm 7mm EEUFR1C471
100uF 16V 12mm 5mm EEUFR1C101
100uF 16V 12mm 5mm EEUFR1C101
100uF 16V 12mm 5mm EEUFR1C101
1uF 50V 11mm 4mm 50YXJ1M5X11
10uF 25V 11mm 4mm EEUFR1H100 Upgraded to 50V
10uF 25V 11mm 4mm EEUFR1H100 Upgraded to 50V
All electrolytic capacitors are radial.
Lead spacing is 2-2.5mm on most.
As always you can see more pictures, OK two pictures, in the photo gallery and grab any drivers from the file server. I’ve put an iso image up of the entire driver disc as well but you shouldn’t need much more than the above init string to get dialling.
This modem has been donated to the Australian Computer Museum Society (ACMS).