Post a picture you took today.

[tixer]

Ruh-oh.

did you make it?

You should definitely complain to the maintenance staff.

 

[tixer]

Believe it or not, this is a project I am working on today..

 

[driller]

That looks like an old US Robotics modem and a real rotary phone. Is that a real AT&T phone? Those things were virtually indestructible.

Seems like a fitting combination.

 

[tixer]

That looks like an old US Robotics modem and a real rotary phone. Is that a real AT&T phone? Those things were virtually indestructible.

Seems like a fitting combination.

Yup. That's my coveted Us Robotics Courier "V.Everything" modem. They were one of the most desirable modems to have back in the BBS (and early Internet) days due to their ability to be upgraded more or less infinitely, and willingness to endure some pretty horrific line conditions.

The phone is a "Northern Telecom" unit, from 1970, but I'm fairly sure that's still ATT at that point.. I used to use it for testing all the time, until I bought myself a proper "butt set"

I'm trying to find a way to get an old LED signboard at one of our high schools back on-line. That little grey box to the left of the modem is a WiFi to serial adapter. It works, but it's finicky. and doesn't support any of the fancy authentication we have going on our network these days, so it's in Ad-Hock mode now, which works.

I've also reached out to our cellular vendor to see if they have some sort of "Cellular to Serial" gizmo. I think that's probably a better fix, even if it does leave me on the hook for recurring service fees.

 

[billcu]

 

[tixer]

A very reasonable request...

 

[Slowmkviii]

Room for more Lincoln's

 

[KStromberg]

Minnesota Markfest 2018 Elk River, MN???

 

[tixer]

Finally sold the Camaro to make room for more Lincolns?

 

[Slowmkviii]

Nope, camaro is on the other side of the driveway

 

[billcu]

Old vs. newer.

A friend gave me this elliptical recently, I've had the Excercycle for a while. It was in my train room, I need more space there, so I took it out.

I had some good exercise getting the Excercycle out of there.

 

[beerdog]

those do not seem to fit your interior décor theme.

 

[steve]

The newer one looks like it will hold more coats and clothes

 

[mlschultz]

Thought I would share this video for you BMW fans out there because I am a proud uncle . My nephews both work at BPC in Raleigh NC. Bob tuned this beast, and Eric does amazing fab work. BTW, they are both Ford guys at heart! :thumbsup:

 

[tixer]

Old vs. newer.

A friend gave me this elliptical recently, I've had the Excercycle for a while. It was in my train room, I need more space there, so I took it out.

I had some good exercise getting the Excercycle out of there.

I'd advise that you donate both to your local bicycle museum guy.. He can start hosting spinning classes on vintage gear, and you won't have 'em cluttering up your train room.

 

[beerdog]

I think that guy technically had some truly vintage spinning gear.

 

[tixer]

Winter has arrived, here in Minnesota.

 

[ONLYTONY]

Keep it there keep it there

 

[beerdog]

It is not winter until it accumulates on the concrete.

 

[Lvnmarks]

Sleepy time.

[HR][/HR]