dialup.worldJul 19, 2023

#introductions We cobbled together a free-to-use dialup ISP out of trash and spare parts. dialup.world is composed of four modems for simultaneous connections delivering speeds up to 33.6K.

This is currently a bunch of USR Sportsters hooked into Linux, but we are currently working on setups with Cisco gear, as well as some musings in 56K, other weird dialup appliances, and retro networking.

Check our website http://dialup.world for more information about the setup and how to access! In addition to the PSTN, you can also connect through PhreakNet (https://portal.phreaknet.org), a sort of telephone hobbyist/phreaker/collector darknet.

We also supply dialup access to the WebTV Redialed project (http://webtv.zone) which means if you dig your WebTV out of storage and hook it into a phone line, it *just works* with the original toll-free number and no modification needed on your part!

I invite you to watch our bad ideas become reality.

#modems #dialup #retronetworking #webtv

Show threadTrammell HudsonJul 19, 2023
@dialupworld do you support 300 baud with no vt100 emulation?
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@th We actually sort of did for a bit! I was running modems that spoke Bell 103 and baudot so I could connect a TDD from a public payphone and play Zork for a bit, though the speed was so low the Zork prompts would time out before we could receive all the text! It's really hard to find text things online to interact with that don't assume at least vt100.

We did ultimately do some relaying to IRC, though.

Jul 19, 2023 at 8:25pmWeb
Show threadUbergeekJul 20, 2023

@dialupworld @th You might be able to find the terminfo files for these "wacky" devices.

There's one for the Tandy M100 even :)

https://github.com/hackerb9/Tandy-Terminfo

GitHub - hackerb9/Tandy-Terminfo: UNIX terminfo for TRS-80 Model 100 and Tandy 200 allowing screen control for TELCOM

UNIX terminfo for TRS-80 Model 100 and Tandy 200 allowing screen control for TELCOM - GitHub - hackerb9/Tandy-Terminfo: UNIX terminfo for TRS-80 Model 100 and Tandy 200 allowing screen control for ...

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