#othernetworks — Public Fediverse posts
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The Internet as we know it is not a foregone conclusion
There is radical promise in uncovering hidden alternatives: from pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, from synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the moon
#othernetworks
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n3u5b4udhsoan7hwezxgxym2/post/3mrvgeom33c2b -
The Internet as we know it is not a foregone conclusion
There is radical promise in uncovering hidden alternatives: from pirate radio to barbed wire telegraph, from synthesizers transmitted over the telephone to encoded messages bounced off the surface of the moon
#othernetworks
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n3u5b4udhsoan7hwezxgxym2/post/3mrvgeom33c2b -
i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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Aaaaaand now we have a baby little ADSL DSLAM in the CO homelab :3
ET&Y is now offering very competitive rates for home internet services (limit 12 customers only, actual speeds may vary). :bec_grin:
Really really need to pick up a telecom rack to stuff all this year into; the table is getting cramped and we don't even have the DSX patchbay, HDSL mechanics shelf, or -48V plant supply in there yet.
#HomeLab #VoiceLab #RetroLab #OtherNetworks #Telecommunications
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Aaaaaand now we have a baby little ADSL DSLAM in the CO homelab :3
ET&Y is now offering very competitive rates for home internet services (limit 12 customers only, actual speeds may vary). :bec_grin:
Really really need to pick up a telecom rack to stuff all this year into; the table is getting cramped and we don't even have the DSX patchbay, HDSL mechanics shelf, or -48V plant supply in there yet.
#HomeLab #VoiceLab #RetroLab #OtherNetworks #Telecommunications
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Aaaaaand now we have a baby little ADSL DSLAM in the CO homelab :3
ET&Y is now offering very competitive rates for home internet services (limit 12 customers only, actual speeds may vary). :bec_grin:
Really really need to pick up a telecom rack to stuff all this year into; the table is getting cramped and we don't even have the DSX patchbay, HDSL mechanics shelf, or -48V plant supply in there yet.
#HomeLab #VoiceLab #RetroLab #OtherNetworks #Telecommunications
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Aaaaaand now we have a baby little ADSL DSLAM in the CO homelab :3
ET&Y is now offering very competitive rates for home internet services (limit 12 customers only, actual speeds may vary). :bec_grin:
Really really need to pick up a telecom rack to stuff all this year into; the table is getting cramped and we don't even have the DSX patchbay, HDSL mechanics shelf, or -48V plant supply in there yet.
#HomeLab #VoiceLab #RetroLab #OtherNetworks #Telecommunications
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I have to admit, I’d never heard of “Telefacsimile” before... learned something new 🙃
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Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
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Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
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Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
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Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
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Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
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Most of the phone messaging/calling I do is with my wife. Both working from home we’re usually in close range. Thinking about installing a 1970s-style intercom system between house, barn and home office. If we had a CB radio in the car we could wire a transceiver into the intercom and have a pretty slick system that covers our remote communication needs. Do away with these distracting smartphones and pricey data contracts.
It’d be good weird fun + a big quality-of-life upgrade. #othernetworks
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Most of the phone messaging/calling I do is with my wife. Both working from home we’re usually in close range. Thinking about installing a 1970s-style intercom system between house, barn and home office. If we had a CB radio in the car we could wire a transceiver into the intercom and have a pretty slick system that covers our remote communication needs. Do away with these distracting smartphones and pricey data contracts.
It’d be good weird fun + a big quality-of-life upgrade. #othernetworks
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Most of the phone messaging/calling I do is with my wife. Both working from home we’re usually in close range. Thinking about installing a 1970s-style intercom system between house, barn and home office. If we had a CB radio in the car we could wire a transceiver into the intercom and have a pretty slick system that covers our remote communication needs. Do away with these distracting smartphones and pricey data contracts.
It’d be good weird fun + a big quality-of-life upgrade. #othernetworks
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Most of the phone messaging/calling I do is with my wife. Both working from home we’re usually in close range. Thinking about installing a 1970s-style intercom system between house, barn and home office. If we had a CB radio in the car we could wire a transceiver into the intercom and have a pretty slick system that covers our remote communication needs. Do away with these distracting smartphones and pricey data contracts.
It’d be good weird fun + a big quality-of-life upgrade. #othernetworks
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In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other :pixelheart: ☎️
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In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other :pixelheart: ☎️
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In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other :pixelheart: ☎️
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In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other :pixelheart: ☎️
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In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other :pixelheart: ☎️
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It has been a good, silly, evening, filled with 66 blocks, phones, T1 circuits, and glittering hardware.
Need to order (find?) some plug-in surge modules for this building terminal.
Safe to say things are getting deeply nerdy, here.
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It has been a good, silly, evening, filled with 66 blocks, phones, T1 circuits, and glittering hardware.
Need to order (find?) some plug-in surge modules for this building terminal.
Safe to say things are getting deeply nerdy, here.
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It has been a good, silly, evening, filled with 66 blocks, phones, T1 circuits, and glittering hardware.
Need to order (find?) some plug-in surge modules for this building terminal.
Safe to say things are getting deeply nerdy, here.
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It has been a good, silly, evening, filled with 66 blocks, phones, T1 circuits, and glittering hardware.
Need to order (find?) some plug-in surge modules for this building terminal.
Safe to say things are getting deeply nerdy, here.
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It has been a good, silly, evening, filled with 66 blocks, phones, T1 circuits, and glittering hardware.
Need to order (find?) some plug-in surge modules for this building terminal.
Safe to say things are getting deeply nerdy, here.
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From the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
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From the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
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From the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
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From the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
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From the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
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Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. :bec_grin:
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
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Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. :bec_grin:
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
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Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. :bec_grin:
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
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Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. :bec_grin:
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
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Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. :bec_grin:
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
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@loriemerson Thank you for collecting all these #othernetworks wonders that open up new links and connections for me. Today, someone recommended me a detailed article about the southafrican example of #Sneakernet you describe in the book ... and I listened to a recording of #EarthMoonEarthCommunication by Katie Paterson.
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@loriemerson Thank you for collecting all these #othernetworks wonders that open up new links and connections for me. Today, someone recommended me a detailed article about the southafrican example of #Sneakernet you describe in the book ... and I listened to a recording of #EarthMoonEarthCommunication by Katie Paterson.
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@loriemerson Thank you for collecting all these #othernetworks wonders that open up new links and connections for me. Today, someone recommended me a detailed article about the southafrican example of #Sneakernet you describe in the book ... and I listened to a recording of #EarthMoonEarthCommunication by Katie Paterson.
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@loriemerson Thank you for collecting all these #othernetworks wonders that open up new links and connections for me. Today, someone recommended me a detailed article about the southafrican example of #Sneakernet you describe in the book ... and I listened to a recording of #EarthMoonEarthCommunication by Katie Paterson.
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@loriemerson Thank you for collecting all these #othernetworks wonders that open up new links and connections for me. Today, someone recommended me a detailed article about the southafrican example of #Sneakernet you describe in the book ... and I listened to a recording of #EarthMoonEarthCommunication by Katie Paterson.
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This is going to be a good day, and a good week. #othernetworks
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This is going to be a good day, and a good week. #othernetworks
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This is going to be a good day, and a good week. #othernetworks
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This is going to be a good day, and a good week. #othernetworks
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CW: lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery
In the service of totally overdoing some #Dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #DreamPi gateway to be less useful. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery. :bec_smug:
Normally the DreamPi throws its modem into voice mode, plays a dial tone to fake out the dreamcast, listens to the digits dialed, and then switches to data mode and kicks off a handshake. Stays off-hook the entire time.
This makes sense if you're using an electrically-simple Line Voltage Inducer and a straight connection between the Dreamcast and the modem for minimum part count get-up-and-go. It's actually a really clever workaround.
My tweak adjusts the modem behavior such that it stays on-hook until it detects an incoming ring, then answers and jumps straight into data mode.
This change was made because presently we're using a Valcom DLE-200B phone line simulator which does provide 'local' tone, ringing voltage, and ringdown.
This necessarily means that we lose out on capturing the dialed digits, but it turns out we don't need those at all for pretty much any of the PPP-based games with central servers, and I'm not interested in playing anything outside of that scope.
So now we have a dreampi that can only work in PPP mode and it requires a line simulator to work correctly. Why?
All, ultimately, so that we can hook the DreamPi and two dreamcasts up to a TDM-based #PBX instead of the line simulator, wherein either of the latter can dial the former, thinking they're dialing Dreamcast Online Services. It goes through the whole ring-in process, which terminates at DreamPi, handshakes, and tunnels to Dreamcast Live -- getting us the goods.
And there's lots of Friday left to go :3
#RetroGaming #OtherNetworks #PhoneLab #RetroLab #POTS #Modem
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CW: lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery
In the service of totally overdoing some #Dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #DreamPi gateway to be less useful. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery. :bec_smug:
Normally the DreamPi throws its modem into voice mode, plays a dial tone to fake out the dreamcast, listens to the digits dialed, and then switches to data mode and kicks off a handshake. Stays off-hook the entire time.
This makes sense if you're using an electrically-simple Line Voltage Inducer and a straight connection between the Dreamcast and the modem for minimum part count get-up-and-go. It's actually a really clever workaround.
My tweak adjusts the modem behavior such that it stays on-hook until it detects an incoming ring, then answers and jumps straight into data mode.
This change was made because presently we're using a Valcom DLE-200B phone line simulator which does provide 'local' tone, ringing voltage, and ringdown.
This necessarily means that we lose out on capturing the dialed digits, but it turns out we don't need those at all for pretty much any of the PPP-based games with central servers, and I'm not interested in playing anything outside of that scope.
So now we have a dreampi that can only work in PPP mode and it requires a line simulator to work correctly. Why?
All, ultimately, so that we can hook the DreamPi and two dreamcasts up to a TDM-based #PBX instead of the line simulator, wherein either of the latter can dial the former, thinking they're dialing Dreamcast Online Services. It goes through the whole ring-in process, which terminates at DreamPi, handshakes, and tunnels to Dreamcast Live -- getting us the goods.
And there's lots of Friday left to go :3
#RetroGaming #OtherNetworks #PhoneLab #RetroLab #POTS #Modem
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CW: lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery
In the service of totally overdoing some #Dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #DreamPi gateway to be less useful. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery. :bec_smug:
Normally the DreamPi throws its modem into voice mode, plays a dial tone to fake out the dreamcast, listens to the digits dialed, and then switches to data mode and kicks off a handshake. Stays off-hook the entire time.
This makes sense if you're using an electrically-simple Line Voltage Inducer and a straight connection between the Dreamcast and the modem for minimum part count get-up-and-go. It's actually a really clever workaround.
My tweak adjusts the modem behavior such that it stays on-hook until it detects an incoming ring, then answers and jumps straight into data mode.
This change was made because presently we're using a Valcom DLE-200B phone line simulator which does provide 'local' tone, ringing voltage, and ringdown.
This necessarily means that we lose out on capturing the dialed digits, but it turns out we don't need those at all for pretty much any of the PPP-based games with central servers, and I'm not interested in playing anything outside of that scope.
So now we have a dreampi that can only work in PPP mode and it requires a line simulator to work correctly. Why?
All, ultimately, so that we can hook the DreamPi and two dreamcasts up to a TDM-based #PBX instead of the line simulator, wherein either of the latter can dial the former, thinking they're dialing Dreamcast Online Services. It goes through the whole ring-in process, which terminates at DreamPi, handshakes, and tunnels to Dreamcast Live -- getting us the goods.
And there's lots of Friday left to go :3
#RetroGaming #OtherNetworks #PhoneLab #RetroLab #POTS #Modem
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CW: lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery
In the service of totally overdoing some #Dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #DreamPi gateway to be less useful. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery. :bec_smug:
Normally the DreamPi throws its modem into voice mode, plays a dial tone to fake out the dreamcast, listens to the digits dialed, and then switches to data mode and kicks off a handshake. Stays off-hook the entire time.
This makes sense if you're using an electrically-simple Line Voltage Inducer and a straight connection between the Dreamcast and the modem for minimum part count get-up-and-go. It's actually a really clever workaround.
My tweak adjusts the modem behavior such that it stays on-hook until it detects an incoming ring, then answers and jumps straight into data mode.
This change was made because presently we're using a Valcom DLE-200B phone line simulator which does provide 'local' tone, ringing voltage, and ringdown.
This necessarily means that we lose out on capturing the dialed digits, but it turns out we don't need those at all for pretty much any of the PPP-based games with central servers, and I'm not interested in playing anything outside of that scope.
So now we have a dreampi that can only work in PPP mode and it requires a line simulator to work correctly. Why?
All, ultimately, so that we can hook the DreamPi and two dreamcasts up to a TDM-based #PBX instead of the line simulator, wherein either of the latter can dial the former, thinking they're dialing Dreamcast Online Services. It goes through the whole ring-in process, which terminates at DreamPi, handshakes, and tunnels to Dreamcast Live -- getting us the goods.
And there's lots of Friday left to go :3
#RetroGaming #OtherNetworks #PhoneLab #RetroLab #POTS #Modem
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CW: lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery
In the service of totally overdoing some #Dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #DreamPi gateway to be less useful. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery. :bec_smug:
Normally the DreamPi throws its modem into voice mode, plays a dial tone to fake out the dreamcast, listens to the digits dialed, and then switches to data mode and kicks off a handshake. Stays off-hook the entire time.
This makes sense if you're using an electrically-simple Line Voltage Inducer and a straight connection between the Dreamcast and the modem for minimum part count get-up-and-go. It's actually a really clever workaround.
My tweak adjusts the modem behavior such that it stays on-hook until it detects an incoming ring, then answers and jumps straight into data mode.
This change was made because presently we're using a Valcom DLE-200B phone line simulator which does provide 'local' tone, ringing voltage, and ringdown.
This necessarily means that we lose out on capturing the dialed digits, but it turns out we don't need those at all for pretty much any of the PPP-based games with central servers, and I'm not interested in playing anything outside of that scope.
So now we have a dreampi that can only work in PPP mode and it requires a line simulator to work correctly. Why?
All, ultimately, so that we can hook the DreamPi and two dreamcasts up to a TDM-based #PBX instead of the line simulator, wherein either of the latter can dial the former, thinking they're dialing Dreamcast Online Services. It goes through the whole ring-in process, which terminates at DreamPi, handshakes, and tunnels to Dreamcast Live -- getting us the goods.
And there's lots of Friday left to go :3
#RetroGaming #OtherNetworks #PhoneLab #RetroLab #POTS #Modem
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Hnngh, talk about an anticlimax. Been hunting down this IP Office chassis to install in the telecoms lab and it *seems* to have a dead internal PSU.
It's gonna get repaired, of course, but it just totally killed all immediate forward progress.
#VoiceLab #OtherNetworks #HomeLab #RetroLab #Avaya #PhoneSystems #PBX #IPOffice
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Hnngh, talk about an anticlimax. Been hunting down this IP Office chassis to install in the telecoms lab and it *seems* to have a dead internal PSU.
It's gonna get repaired, of course, but it just totally killed all immediate forward progress.
#VoiceLab #OtherNetworks #HomeLab #RetroLab #Avaya #PhoneSystems #PBX #IPOffice
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Hnngh, talk about an anticlimax. Been hunting down this IP Office chassis to install in the telecoms lab and it *seems* to have a dead internal PSU.
It's gonna get repaired, of course, but it just totally killed all immediate forward progress.
#VoiceLab #OtherNetworks #HomeLab #RetroLab #Avaya #PhoneSystems #PBX #IPOffice
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Hnngh, talk about an anticlimax. Been hunting down this IP Office chassis to install in the telecoms lab and it *seems* to have a dead internal PSU.
It's gonna get repaired, of course, but it just totally killed all immediate forward progress.
#VoiceLab #OtherNetworks #HomeLab #RetroLab #Avaya #PhoneSystems #PBX #IPOffice
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Hnngh, talk about an anticlimax. Been hunting down this IP Office chassis to install in the telecoms lab and it *seems* to have a dead internal PSU.
It's gonna get repaired, of course, but it just totally killed all immediate forward progress.
#VoiceLab #OtherNetworks #HomeLab #RetroLab #Avaya #PhoneSystems #PBX #IPOffice