JEO 37/46
1. Does it really exist?
Yes!!! There are a couple sites out there on the internet with
photographs of them. Check at the Atari Headquarters
 in the Jaguar & Lynx Museum section. Also,
see the Atari Prototypes and Vaporware site  for
a picture and brief description.
2. How many exist?
Sources indicate that fewer than 100 exist.
3. Who are some people that own one?
   1. Carl Forhan     forhan@millcomm.com
   2. Patrick Forhan  pforhan@cs.truman.edu
   3. Curt Vendel     cvendel@aol.com
4. What games work with it?
As of this writing, only Ultra Vortek. Type "911" on the keypad
during the title screen, and the program will attempt to initialize
the modem. Only if you have one, though, can you proceed. But the
background and lettering you see there are the ones used in all the
modem screens.
Note that various rumors exist that, for example, Iron Soldier 2
supports the JVM. While this has not been tested exhaustively, it
seems to be very doubtful.
Of course, one can always dream that more games using it will come
out...
5. How does UV play and handle with the modem?
After initializing the modem, a menu comes up:
    Answer Phone
    Dial Opponent
    Exit
The usual UV music plays in the background. Should you chose "Dial
Opponent", you will be presented with some further prompts, telling
you to enter a number. Using the keypad, you may enter up to 16
numbers, stars, pounds, or pauses. "A" dials the current number (which
also is an available menu selection), "B" inserts a pause (a 1.5
second wait, sometimes needed at the beginning of the dial string, to
allow the modem to properly take the line off-hook), "C" backspaces
the number, to correct mistakes.
The "Answer Phone" option immediately picks up the phone and initiates
handshaking, regardless of whether it is a person or a modem calling.
If the modem does not get a reverse of the same dial tone sequence in
response, it simply leaves the connection up. This way you can talk,
and explain why you just did that to the person
Note: Since the handshaking starts with a simple series of dial tones,
selecting this function when the phone is not ringing is treated as a
dial out. Fortunately, I believe it starts with the equivalent of "9",
so it will not make a long distance call. I think.
After connection, a menu very similar (lacking, I think, the
single-player option; adding a hang-up option) to the turbo-enabled
single-console version appears.  From this point onward, it acts as if
there were simply two players on one console (except for
modem-specific messages, like "Connection Lost").  Each player can
Pause, move about, etc., as if they were on one Jag and one TV.
Read on for more details of UV + modem.
... "They have seen UFOs because I have seen one myself." -President Jimmy 
Carter
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