My Father's 300 Baud Acoustic Modem

To use the modem, you had to dial a number and then place the phone handset into the modem. I used this modem in the early 1980's with a Lear-Siegler ADM-3A (with the lower-case option).

The text reads:
CORD (above the upper phone socket)
NOVATION INC OFF POWER ON CARRIER

You had to flip switches to change settings. I used it at full duplex.

The text reads:
EIA/TTY EIA/TTY HALF FULL
NOVATION INC.
MODEM DC-102A 115V 60 HZ 1/4 A SB

Bottom view.

The label with the model and serial number.

NOVATION
Tarzana, California
MODEL DC-102A2
SERIAL 1582
TEST N2

Let's pop the lid and peek inside.

The circuits and acoustic coupler.

The circuits.

The ADM-3A looked like this. A copy of the manual is at http://www.bytesize.8k.com/lsi/lsi.html


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