On 2017 Mar 04 08:25:12, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

 SD>> My birth father still uses AOL dialup, IIRC.  He does still use his
 SD>> AOL address; that's the only email address he's had besides work
 SD>> (he's now retired again).  I know he's had it for probably at least
 SD>> 20 years now or some such...

 DD> I still have a Net-Zero account so I *could* do dial-up. But I only have
 DD> one computer left with a built in modem and an RJ-11 port. And I'd have to
 DD> disable the call waiting on my single land-line.

that's easy enough to do with the right *code in the dialing string...

eg:
ATDT*70Wyour-number-here

*70 disables call-waiting
W waits for the dial tone to return

some people used commas instead of W... commas were like 2 second pauses...
the W is best, though...

 DD> No idea where my U. S. Robotics 2400 baud modem disappeared to.

you can probably get a USR Courier with 56k capability off ebay for a song
and a dance these days... maybe $5US to $10US or so... the hard part will
likely be finding a RS-232 serial to USB connector that works with your OS
and software... this if your machine doesn't have any traditional RS-232
ports or header on the MB ;)

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