@raganwald @sre @infosec @secops #smartmodem #hayes

I didn't use an acoustic coupler like that but the lab I worked in one summer had a couple in the storage room.

I still have this from my first modem, which considering my #AuDHD is amazing.

The #Hayes #Smartmodem had a separate data mode (in which bytes are sent/received over the phone line) and command mode (in which the computer sent commands to the modem itself).

Switching from command to data mode was simple: send the command `ATO`.

The reverse was more complicated. The modem would switch from data mode to command mode whenever the computer tried to send the special character sequence `+++`, with a delay before and after the sequence.

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#RS232 #modem #retrocomputing

NEW VID: Finding the Mac Disk needed for the Hayes InterBridge (AppleTalk Bridge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU13Atcfce8

#HayesInterBridge #AppleTalk #Hayes #InterBridge #Smartmodem #Transet1000 #HayesChronograph #HayesStack #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd

NEW VID: 40 Year Old Hayes Smartmodem gets a WiFi Update :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMKItldf6wg

#Hayes #Smartmodem #WiFiRetroModem #WiFiModem #Atari #Atari16Bit #AtariST #AtariFalcon #QMI #STTalk #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd

I'm looking to build a #zimodem or something similar using an #ESP8266 or #ESP32 for some throwback #BBS 'ing or perhaps connecting to a Linux system. For this, I was hoping that it would be easy to find an old dead #Hayes #SmartModem or something similar in solid, preferably metal box - but we're apparently not that sentimental and a little too efficient at recycling stuff in these parts 😢

For those digging the idea, and wanting to go ALL in, there's the Noisy Zimodem. Someone took the time to combine a Zimodem and a DAC for producing authentic modem sounds. If that doesn't take you back to the awesome #90s, I don't know what will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRC4mkl1oA8

Hmm. Just got a new #spark #smartmodem 3 (Fibre router) (for my parents). It appears to have #GPL software on it (dnsmasq appears in the logs), but no licence info provided ...