[TriLUG] Piece of History

[Scott G. Hall]

Justis Peters wrote:
> Does anybody have the ace?  Acoustic coupler with less than 300 baud 
> wins the round.  Unless there's a trump card or a joker I've never 
> heard of.

Does a 1972-vintage TI Silent-700 Model 725 briefcase thermal-paper 
terminal count?  The acoustic-coupled modem has a 110 baud, 150 baud and 
a 300 baud setting (marked as 10, 15 or 30 characters per second).

My dad was an outside saleman on the road from Monday morning to Friday 
evening, and used this terminal to take orders from.  It had bubble 
memory for him to punch orders in by day, and download them at night.  
Here is a pointer to one that is almost identical (look at the manual 
cover shots), but is for a "Tymshare 100"; 
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/ti-tymshare-100/index.html  
(the one I have is clearly labeled "TI Silent 700").

And for those going down memory lane, here is a pointer to marketing 
pages for later versions of the Silent 700: 
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Texas_Instruments/TI.Silent700.1976.102646198.pdf

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Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net