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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Finished out my ORA uucp book set with one until a few months ago I didn't know was published

bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New additions to the modem tear-down album: flickr.com/photos/binar... (its alphabetized) - Wang 9648/24e - US Robotics Courier HST Dual standard V.32 bis with ASL ("wide body") - US Robotics Courier I-modem internal - US Robotics Courier 14.4k HST power adapter

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Vintage dial-up modem teardowns

I got tired of tracking down modem power supplies, hope this helps somebody. All photos are originals that I have taken. Manuals/software, if available, are up on the Internet Archive. Yes I know a...

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Was going to make a video about using SIMM holders stuck in SIPP sockets on the 286, turns out the sockets were too close together to fit. Was about to start soldering pins on SIMMs to make it work, but got lucky at VCF and found somebody selling SIPPS. Now running with 4 MB!

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Playing with Wildcat! BBS 2.6 Test Drive on the 286 from 1992. Look at the cute Tomcat art! I forget this only works with modems with two-digit numeric response codes, kind of a hack to get a modern modem working with it #BBS #vintagecomputing

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Testing the dot matrix printer with the 286 and The New Print Shop - graphics design is my passion

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Trying to resurrect the family 286 from 1992. 1 MB RAM, some VSLI chipset m/b I can't find manuals for. Used to have CGA and 20 megabyte MFM hard drive (died), now getting VGA and CF card

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Found a copy of NetWare 3.12 out in the barn tonight! Floppies and manual sealed, license disk gone. I suspect I got this from a school or surplus way back when and completely forgot about it

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Trying out a US Robotics Auto Dial 212A from 1982! Dialed up to the BBS at 1200 bps. Many more internal photos in the Flickr modem teardown album #BBS #modem #dialup

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from TuxedoCat Lounge BBS! bbs.tuxedocatbbs.com:2323 341-221-4808 #bbs #dialup

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

It's Meow Monday over at TuxedoCat Lounge [sound on!] #bbs #dialup #modem

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A tuxedo cat (Charlie) lounging above the TuxedoCat Lounge BBS

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Getting onboard the Secure Boot train, there's about as many "disable secure boot" articles out there as there are "disable IPv6". I for one welcome Secure Boot with PXE installs on IPv6 only networks!

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Another Dallas RTC replacement, this time in an Adtran Atlas 550 multipurpose phone switch/router. Unit was losing its config when powered off. Replaced it with a socket and a NOS DS14287, seems to work

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Tonight's project, replacing a dead Dallas DS12B887 RTC on a Asus P55TP4N / Pentium socket 7 motherboard with a socket and a DS12887+ from Amazon. Worked first try!

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Had a USR Courier HST modem that would not detect dial tone on the "line" jack but would dial when connected to the "phone" jack. Turns out a bad relay was holding the line off-hook even when powered off. Replaced it, now it dials correctly!

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

After a couple of years doing the hold-arm-out-to-read-things bit I finally got prescribed reading glasses. It's like re-discovering Retina/high DPI displays all over again! Except now I notice far more compression artifacts in online video and photos now :(

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I was today years old when I learned PC serial ports and VGA aren't really DB-9 and DB-15, but DE-9 and DE-15

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I discovered old USR Courier I-modems only need simple 20 VAC power and will work on 24 VDC just fine, without the extremely hard to find OEM power supply binaryfury.wann.net/2025/04/us-r...

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

90s car audio technology applied to 90s server tower in 2025! Loud 5.25" SCSI drive still loud, like an angry coffee percolator

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I need to found more content to like here, I'm in some bizzaro land of discussions of mushrooms and body hair

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"You need a license to cut hair and be a barber. Anyone with a T1 can become an ISP." -- my friend teep

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Feel the need to try out a 1995-era bulletin board system (BBS)? I run TuxedoCat Lounge, accessible with real dial-up modems or Telnet! www.tuxedocatbbs.com for details, suggested clients. Modems do indeed work over VoIP!

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bryanwann.bsky.social @bryanwann.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Latest toy, a Libretto 110CT. First thing I did was dial up my BBS with it, runs Doom amazingly well too!

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