I built a retro 486 PC and got external phone modem. All is set to test but I cannot find any phone number to dial :(
Are There Any Dial-up ISP's?
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lol, I do actually, I put 3Com 3C905 ethernet card in it. Win95 comes with IE3, Google looks funny but opens :) But I wanna hear the sounds modem make!
donwotes because of ethernet card? but its fun too, I had to additionally install optional TCP/IP protocol :))
I think it's more downvotes because… whoosh. Added a plus to help out.
but its fun too
So was riding a bicycle with square wheels, but then the (round) wheel was invented.
But I wanna hear the sounds modem make!
Connect two modems together over a cat3 cable, with 9V and a 330Ohmn resistor across the line to trick the modem the lines are clear. Fire up hyper terminal and punch in some handshake AT commands. You’re good to go
There used to be a program that would dial all the numbers in sequence and log if it found a modem on the other end.
that'll do it, I'm starting at 02 0000 0000 …
If you find some fax numbers, your modem and the facsimile can have fun trying to communicate.
Thanks, that is good one. I was hoping for actual internet provider, but seems no luck.
War dialer.
You can dial your mobile and check that it can make calls.
did that, it dials fine.
$8.90/month - Australia Wide - 0198333966
Could you, please, try calling it? My mobile says Call Failed (+61 1 9833 3966)
While I am not sure if 4G is different (unlikely), you could not dial a POTS based ISP using a 2G phone back in the day (say '96). With the decline of Strowger switched systems I'm not sure if dialup will work.
You may need to invest in your own PPP server and emulated exchange to have some fun.
They really need to bring back Telstra EasyMail.
@Tricon: I tried dialling from modem too, using CrazyTel line with 02 xxxx xxxx number. I get busy tone immediately.
@GlobalWorming: I think you are out of luck. The 019 numbers were special and I remember many ISPs used them. It is likely that without a bakelite phone that number will never work.
I found this. I feel your pain
@Tricon: damn. Wait. I also got a second modem, US Robotics Courier from US, but cannot find power suppluy for it, it needs weird 20VAC one. Nothing on eBay.
thanks, but I was looking for Australian number
I built a retro 486 PC
DX2 - 66?
Do you have a functional turbo button?
Am5x86-P75, Socket 3. No Turbo button on the case, sadly, and no green freq display, otherwise case is proper AT case.
The irony the turno button is to slow fown the cpu clock for legacy program
Do you have a plain old telephone service (POTS) on the public switched telephone network (PSTN)? Or do you have a VOIP phone line?
I have CrazyTel line with an 02 xxxx xxxx DID number, on Cisco ATA SPA122 device. Not real POTS line, I'm afraid.
This could be why the above numbers wouldn't work.
How do i get the real line?
How do i get the real line?
You can't. Once the NBN comes through, POTS lines are no longer available.
I don't know how you're going to be able to find a modem-based service to dial into. One reason is that dial-up modems don't work very well on VOIP lines, and pretty well everyone has VOIP lines now. But, if you can find a service, and you can change the codec on your VOIP adapter to G.711, you might be able to make it work.
@pjetson: What pjetson said.
You're looking for a trip down memory lane OP, but these things are expensive. Those PSTN services were financially viable when everyone had them. Not so much so when it's only you. The future often demands we say goodbye to the past, and that is truer than ever when it comes to technology.
If you want to hear the sound so much, listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
Here is next weekend's project
https://dogemicrosystems.ca/wiki/Dial_up_server
Please let us know how you go.
Will do, but I will charge everyone through the nose, be warned.
You need a floppy drive (3.5 inch, the software is on a double sided double density 1.44mb disk). Insert the disk into the drive, open command prompt, type A:, type install, to install the modem software.
Julian Hawkins/Assange went down this path. It won't end well.
User name checks outHow is the PC OP, can you show us pics? Nice stuff
I think Telstra used to offer a free dial up service for customers out and about at one stage…
TPG have an active dial up number https://www.tpg.com.au/about/access_numbers.php
yea, those starting 01 are not callable from voip line I have.
Set up your own ATA gateway, setup your own ISP, connect to your own network.
I'm not 100% sure, but you might run into problems caused by encoding if you're dialing over a VoIP connection. Although maybe that is just an issue for DSL and after.
it's unfortunate that you don't have the internet so you can google your question