[HN Gopher] The Smart Modem
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       The Smart Modem
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2022-01-28 05:36 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (computer.rip)
 (TXT) w3m dump (computer.rip)
        
       | mwexler wrote:
       | It got to the point, as a kid with a Hayes, that every time I
       | mentioned a phone number, I prefixed it with ATDT.
       | 
       | Redialing to get into a bbs seems so long ago, but when a site
       | starts melting under load or a merch drop, I realize the waiting
       | game is played the same way, just in a new box.
        
       | romwell wrote:
       | I still have my Hayes 33.6kbaud Voice SmartModem.
       | 
       | I got it long after the BBS era. This was my first device to
       | access the Internet with, around 1999. It was great. And I could
       | even play StarCraft with a friend by dialing him up!
       | 
       | See, this was important because Internet access cost about $1/hr.
       | And in late 90s Ukraine, that was quite a lot of money.
       | $200/month was a decent salary back then.
       | 
       | Now, my mother's computer was running Windows NT 4.0, and it had
       | a dial-up server feature.
       | 
       | So I set it up, along with a small web server[1], and wrote a CGI
       | binary in Delphi to serve up my file stash (laboriously
       | downloaded from the web) to whoever dialed in... which was me,
       | when I was away from home, or some of my friends.
       | 
       | There was also an FTP server for uploading files, and a VNC
       | server for painstakingly slow remote control if needs be.
       | 
       | All powered by the trustworthy Hayes Smart Modem.
       | 
       | [1] https://smallsrv.com
        
       | bayindirh wrote:
       | I've developed a simple, two way SMS gateway which was connected
       | a Debian (3.0) box to a Nokia 7110 via a serial cable. Everything
       | was done via Hayes / AT command set. I still have the PDF
       | containing the details for particular phone.
       | 
       | The system it connected would send an SMS for certain events and
       | take certain actions for received SMS.
       | 
       | Development of this system introduced me to Serial Port
       | programming and serious Linux use in general, and I never left
       | after that day.
        
         | teddyh wrote:
         | Modern solution:                 apt install gammu-smsd
        
           | pisipisipisi wrote:
           | Smstools and smsd might be another option
        
       | User23 wrote:
       | +++ATH was one of the first abuses of in band signaling I got to
       | enjoy.
        
       | Scoundreller wrote:
       | Given that cellular system has a 9-1-1 system that works
       | independent of phone numbers/subscriptions, is there a VoIP
       | box/ATA that has a GSM/lte connection for cellular-based 9-1-1?
       | 
       | In Canada, if you pay for 911 from your VoIP provider, it still
       | sends the call first to a site that verifies your address and
       | once confirmed goes to the PSAP, so the value of paying for it
       | isn't really there.
       | 
       | https://forums.redflagdeals.com/how-911-fpl-voip-ms-ooma-183...
        
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