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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>
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Subject: Re: not really cable modem cards / CMTS
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:46:01 -0500
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On 3/22/24 20:24, John Levine wrote:
> Telebits were dialup modems that ran at 1200bps, which was pretty 
> fast for the time, and spoofed the uucp "g" protocol to send large 
> blocks of data faster than would otherwise be possible.

/me facepalms

I don't know why I thought about cable modem cards.

I've heard about the Telebits and how they interposed themselves in the 
line protocol.

I know multiple BBS SysOps that spoke of them fondly.



-- 
Grant. . . .