Monday, March 11, 2019

Open Wire and TPARCA

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Here's the cover of the March 1989 issue of Open Wire, the news bulletin of TPARCA. Note that the dial-up bulletin board system was in use at the time. For a bit of nostalgia you might like to listen to the sound of a dial-up modem connecting on this YouTube video. It offers explanations and waveform views of each stage of the connection process, starting with dial tone -- something that young folks rarely hear.













Among the contents of this issue was the following certificate from the ARRL:

   

The back page of the issue includes the Telephone Pioneers emblem:


N4AHJ has provided a large volume of historical Open Wire and TPARCA material that I can make available to any interested members.

73,
John WA5MLF

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