MOdulator/DEModulator reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zac_in_ak 路 2021-02-06 01:41 When I ran a bbs back in the day I had one of those in 14.4馃槤 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980sumthing 路 2021-02-06 02:07 legendary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Galileo228 路 2021-02-06 03:37 I pined away for one of these as a kid and lept for joy when I finally got one. (14.4 at first). Good times. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 530_Oldschoolgeek 路 2021-02-06 03:51 I did as well, upgraded it to K56 FLEX and then V.92 when the standard came out...still have mine EDIT: I was reminded the USR Version was X2, my thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oh_nater 路 2021-02-06 04:07 Not a USRobotics Courier.. they were X2 not K56Flex \^\_\^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_darkener 路 2021-02-06 04:27 You were a lucky kid =) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 530_Oldschoolgeek 路 2021-02-06 04:53 You are correct sir! I stand corrected :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- braucifur 路 2021-02-06 05:07 This was the gold standard of modems. I remember setting up a BBS just so I could get the sysop discount of one for $250. I remember upgrading mine to 33.6 back in 1995 then to X2 a couple of years later. Never upgraded to V.92 as I had moved on to broadband by then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheeAbyssWalker 路 2021-02-06 06:06 Sexy af. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oldmanout 路 2021-02-06 10:59 US Robotics, now that is a name I've not heard in a long time ---------------------------------------------------------------------- andreMKE 路 2021-02-06 11:37 Yeah, but most people locally were still 2400, and even most network hubs weren鈥檛 above 9600. I had to call Wayne Bell鈥檚 BBS just to try negotiating at 14.4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix 路 2021-02-06 14:36 The only modems I ever used were internal. I regret never getting to appreciate the blinking lights while connecting on an external one such as this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_darkener 路 2021-02-06 15:39 Same. I got this one around 2010, way after the heyday of BBSes and dialup in general. Only real "external" I ever had was a 2400 baud cart style for my C128. Admittedly it only ever connected at 1200 ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmine45 路 2021-02-06 17:15 Very similar to mine. Bought it direct from US Robotics with my BBS Sysop discount. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmine45 路 2021-02-06 22:01 Still in business! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PotentialDeadbeat 路 2021-02-07 01:21 Sweet, my first was a 300 baud cartridge that plugged in to my Commodore 64C, man, watching one line of text to print across the screen at a time was slower that me heat transfer printer would print the same amount of text on a line. It was a big deal to me when I got that 1200 bps Sears external box for my IBM 8088 clone. Cool pic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ratbuddy 路 2021-02-12 05:07 Yeah, I had to live with 1200 for a couple of years, it was so slow for ANSI art. At least software MNP5 came along to make it a little more bearable, though Telix didn't support it which was a drag. Once I got a sweet [2400 Boca](https://www.recycledgoods.com/boca-m2400e-modem-2400-v-42bis- mnp5-2400-baud/) with hardware V.42bis? Forget it, you could almost stream video on that thing ;)