First off, I know the video I am linking is very bad. It was posted a while ago, and Youtube has diminished the quality, along with I just wasn't all that good at filming, nor knowledgeable at the time. I consider myself a little more versed in hardware since I acquired this two years ago, but I'm still stumped. I don't have a camera with which I can re-record a video, and it's been bothering my lately that I could rebuild my compaq portable, but still don't know what this does.
To add a little info to the video:
All other cards are the same, they run off an AC current. Each has an individual power switch, a female db25 connection. It has two phone connections with all four lines connected, so it's not JUST for data use, I presume. It can power the lines too (or feed off a power connection?) The LEDs are labled TM AA HS OH SD RD TR CD.
Thanks for your time
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Can anyone help identify this?
Started by Silntdoogood, Dec 10 2011 12:17 PM
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Prodos8
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Posted Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:00 PM
Some kinda of bank of modems?
The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect
ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack
It looks like yours is missing the front cover.
The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect
ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack
It looks like yours is missing the front cover.
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Posted Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:15 PM
Prodos8, on Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:00 PM, said:
Some kinda of bank of modems?
The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect
ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack
It looks like yours is missing the front cover.
The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect
ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack
It looks like yours is missing the front cover.
Yup, that looks right to me! Thanks for the info & link! I'll have to see what I can do with it now. Maybe I can find a better use than a prop to keep my macro-keyboard up a little higher!
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desiv
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Posted Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:15 PM
Yeah, that pic/logo on the one chip looked like a Rockwell chipset modem chip....
You got a modem bank there..
desiv
You got a modem bank there..
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Posted Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:46 PM
Looks like a modem rack used by Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) back more than a decade ago.
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Posted Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:50 AM
My university used modem rack banks like this one.
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Posted Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:25 AM
Thanks, I'll update the video next time I'm logged in.
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