On 01/02/2025 00:05, Donald Whittemore via cctalk wrote:
Also using NCR/Tally units. We used Racal-Milgo modems. These things
were about the size of a large home stereo receiver. We started at 2400
baud. The units could do 3600 or 4800 (I don’t remember which) if a
circuit board strap was moved.
Okay, you've got me interested. Was this on a leased line or POTS?
I remember the first 1200bps full duplex modem appearing on my desk
around 1980, and it was exotic. It became more common over the next few
years. But you're talking about ten years earlier than this.
I know Racal Vadic (later Thomson then Thales) made some pretty fast and
expensive gear, but I didn't realise they'd gone above 1200bps until
V.22bis in the 1980s. But that's over POTS - leased line?
