ZyXEL rack mount modems...

[Colin McGregor]

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:22 PM,  <jmiles242-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Kinda interesting stuff.
> They are much like serial consoles - you still use them a lot in the datacenter world.
> You know, I've often wondered whether a modem could be used to connect to a serial port.

Yes modems could be used to connect to serial ports. The way the
Toronto FreeNet set things up was to have racks of modems connected to
terminal servers (when the Toronto Free-Net was supporting the modems
I am looking to get rid of they had a Cisco terminal server and for a
time they had 3 Livingston/Lucent Portmaster terminal servers).

Colin.

> John.
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> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 2:56 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Colin McGregor wrote:
>>>
>>> I am looking for a new home for 16 14.4 kbps ZyXEL rack mount modems
>>> designed to fit into a standard 19" rack (ie: 1 power supply case with
>>> stupid back plane and 16 modems mounted in the rack). These 16 modems
>>> were in service with the Toronto Free-Net for a while, but for the
>>> last few years have been taking up space in my basement. The modems
>>> were working when pulled from service but have not been powered up for
>>> a few years.
>>>
>>> Anyone know of a good home for these or should I send out for recycling?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> Modems???  Do people still use those?  Also, 14.4 k modems were obsolete
>> long before most people stopped using dial up.
>
> People still use modems ... for sending/receiving faxes. Also, modems
> are still used in some specialized roles, like point of sale
> terminals. The modems I am offering could do fine in these roles. But
> rack mount modems were / are specialized bits of hardware that have
> always had a limited audience...
>
> Colin McGregor
>
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