NXi’s Nexcom 300 Modem (circa 1994)
Buried underneath the massive pile of old computer peripherals, cables and wires, I’ve discovered a gadget that was packed neatly away in one of my dusty boxes.
It was the NXi’s Nexcom 300 Modem A vintage piece of engineering marvel. Believe it or not, it was only 14 years old.
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This device was created by this company, called Nexus Engineering, established in 1990 (only 18 years ago, imagine!), which was renamed to NXi Communications, Inc. in 1995. This company tried to develop a software called Nextalk that was used to replace standalone TTYs with a computer-based communication software. At the end of 1994, NXi released the NexCom 300 modem, and this modem is capable of connecting speeds from TTY (baudot) to 19200 bps. I have an external NexCom300 with power adapter and software with it. See link about this company’s background history.
Fast forward - 14 years later…
Right now, I have videophones (a collection of ‘em - Sorenson’s VP200, DLink’s DVC-1000, SnapVRS!’s Ojo and Viable’s VPAD), along with my trusty Sidekick3 pager. I also have a vintage AT&T TTY sitting on my kitchen counter connected directly to my landline phone. I own 20-inch iMac computer, that comes with iSight along with the HOVRS’s widget and iChat program.
My, how the time flies within 14 years, enough to make my head spin!
Now, scratching my head… what am I gonna to do with this thing? Toss it out or sell? Any takers?
May 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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May 26th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Cool. If you want to get rid of it, sell it thru Ebay. I sold lot of my junks that became another persons’ treasures.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Question.. What do you gain by holding ‘em?
Contact some electronic museum and see what they want??
I gave my TTY to Morse museum in Poughkeepsie NY years ago. Don’t know if they ever showed ‘em on the exhibit OR, put ‘em in the kids area where the kids can play with ‘em.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Save ‘em for your presentation at school. It’s part of our precious deaf history. Students would eager to learn about the telephones and communication system for the American history class.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
White Ghost,
Good idea.
May 26th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I fondly recall using this unique modem. I used it extensively until it broke down.
Thanks for bringing it up, Amy!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Waste not and want not…
Send it to some Deaf museum! Keep it for our history.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I’ll have it lol… u can send it to a museum, like nebraska school for the deaf has a museum, they could use all those old stuff to put on displays… never toss those old stuff in trash cuz they can be valuable and good for memory for future ppl to see what was in past.