[TriLUG] Modem/Router - dating back 10 20 years

[Peter Neilson via TriLUG]

I have one from about 10,000 BC that looks really solid, like it's in an  
aluminum box. I think there's a BNC connector on it if I remember  
correctly. I've been loath to destroy it because if the Internet ever  
disappeared it would do for BBS work, one direction, the other, or maybe  
both.

Similarly, if we get into a situation where cars don't work any more I  
have horses and carriages.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:18:11 -0500, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG  
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Stephen P. Schaefer via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>> A project I've been meaning to get around to: take my old POTS modem and
>> power it from the wall, attach it to the serial port and watch for DCE
>> to drop, at which point I know to start an orderly shutdown sequence,
>> since it means I've lost power.
>>
>       Now you made me want to have a modem
>
> That also reminds me: i still have my old DSL modems and I've always
> wanted to set DSL as may failover from cable. But until i can get a
> $20/month plan (without additional cruft like phone and tv and
> cloud-operated butt massager), not happening.
>
>> So that's one use.
>>
>> On 03/07/2017 09:59 AM, mr-trilug via TriLUG wrote:
>>> I have more than a dozen of these.
>>>
>>> Do used devices of this sort have value to anyone?
>>>
>>> Or should I take to recycling/trash?