[dorkbotpdx-blabber] fun with dial-up modems

[Brian Richardson]

I remember hearing that the band Information Society included a track that
you could play to your modem and it would print out data.  The only
reference to it I could see is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_%26_Love,_Inc. No details on how to
actually do it.  It would seem like you could just play the ipod loud enough
on another phone at the right time and hopefully the real modem and the
recorded modem would negotiate a connection and then the data would flow
like spice.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Michael Bunsen
<michael.bunsen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I am trying to put together an abstract demonstration about transferring
> information via sound. I had the vision of dialing into a modem connected to
> a linux box; opening a serial terminal to display incoming data; and then
> replacing the sending modem with an ipod or something with a prerecorded
> audio file that will be decoded as some ascii strings (e.g. "hello world").
>
> Is that crazy? I've been reading a bit about using mgetty and setting up a
> PPP server to recieve calls, but how could I display any incoming data that
> is human readable in real-time? I know there is a lot of expertise playing
> with serial RS-232 on this list, so I thought I would through the idea out
> there.
>
> I have a pair of external US Robotic 56k modems to play with.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael
>
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