A perhaps controversial new entry: Apple Computer Australia Pty. Ltd. (Inc. in NSW)
There’s a listing on eBay:
The 1200 baud modem, Model A9M0301-Z, states on it’s label:
This Modem has been designed and manufactured by Apple Computer Australia Pty Ltd (Inc. in NSW)
Made in Australia
It’s my modem and the first, and probably last, one of these I will ever see…
Just thought I’d reply to this - It’s now on it’s way to me 
To be added to my modem collection (mostly Australian).
I’d really like a NetComm Modem 64/128 as it was my first modem. I couldn’t pass up the Apple - I never knew Apple manufactured anything in Australia.
Welcome to the ACMS forum and congratulation on the new modem.
We’d really like to see especially the “Made in Australia” label. While you have your camera and modem collection handy, we’d love to see photos of all of your Australian modems! Labels, lights, ports, case, cables, etc.
Cheers,
Josh
Thanks :). Only a small collection at the moment. I can do some better photos of the cicada 300 too.The apple should be arriving today, ill take some great photos and put them up. :).
This mega thread is like a dream, absolutely love it. My ringtone has been a modem sound for like over 10 years
Cheers
Paul
I haven’t had a chance to take external photos of the Apple Modem but I couldnt wait to open it up to find out if they really did make it themselves. Here are the results (also it does power up fine).
Spoiler alert, its a netcomm
Some of the external:
Note the ferguson power supply screen printed as apple. You can search for this model power supply, it comes up in some old electronic magazines.
Thanks for the photos champ! If that modem didn’t already tick collectible boxes (Australian modem, Apple) adding Netcomm into the mix is surely a bonus.
It’s a dream of mine that someone from Netcomm (DZS??) gets involved with the ACMS to definitively document their decades-long contribution to Australian technology. You’ve just added a little piece I would have never guessed.
Thanks again and please feel free to upload as many photos as you can!
Cheers, Josh
Great to come across such enthusiasm. I agree about getting access to former netcomm employees… would be very interesting. Such an and influential company in the 80s and 90s as far as telecommunications in Australia.
My experience is the 90s mostly (first modem on a c64 in 1990, prior to that it was all offline c64. ). Ive got a bit of a dial-up/bbs culture research fetish at the moment that im hoping to pull together into something but its a long-term project.
Paul
Some Maestro 56ER woomera photos. Definitely a model with a lot of references out there. Also when other models were trying to look modern, Maestro thought yeah nah :). And how about that shielding.
http://www.maestro.com.au/woomera.html
The Maestro woomera has been tested now :). Have to admit, this looks pretty cool.
It is a really cool modem. I’ve been thinking about it all week:
Why did they give it such a display? The info shown in your video (manufacturer, model, firmware version) would normally be read from an S register or similar using an AT command. Was it just a marketing flex / luxury / brag feature? The Woomera has a reputation for being designed for the worst Telstra lines, perhaps it somehow supported better connections? Does it display line/signal/connection quality?
How does it indicate ring, off-hook, carrier detect, TX, RX, etc?
Have you tried getting it to connect to another modem? It’d be really interesting to see how the display indicates the changing status.
I would imagine that the display (definitely has some marketing flex) would also help with troubleshooting the connection. Perhaps even if they gave extra support for these modems it would help with remote troubleshooting? I’ve heard mixed opinions has to how much better they actually were on those lines, mostly positive though.
I haven’t hooked it up yet but I have been meaning to hook it up to a serial port and try to make a connection. I’ll be sure to document it and let you know. Hopefully I’ll be able to do it this weekend :).
It may even display the AT commands and the phone number dialing etc. You really come across them either. I bet there’s a heap of them sitting in farm storage rooms, offices etc around the place doing nothing and forgotten about.
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to play nice on my sp112 sip. Cant get it even dial properly. (not unusual, only some modems like it). Managed to hook a few recent modem purchases up to try.
I think I should hook up my 2nd sip connection and another laptop and try to just dial between them so the connection is much shorter.
The tech flashback of the newer version at https://goughlui.com/2016/03/16/tech-flashback-maestro-woomera-vw92-usb-m240-modem/ has some good display examples.
If you’re trying to connect two modems back to back on the bench, I recommend instead of the SIP/ATA (analogue telephone adapter) to use a simple telephone line voltage inducer.
I bought one of these a few years ago:
You can make one with very few parts. This is the best link I could find:
There’s a new listing on eBay for a modem not seen on this list before but the manufacturer has been on the possible list since the list started here:
On the front panel:
> TANDY COMPUTER PRODUCTS
> MODEM
On the back panel:
> Custom manufactured in Australia for Tandy Australia Limited
> Cat. No. 26-9403
It’s an all manual modem so probably 300 baud vintage. I wonder who made this for Tandy… Netcomm, ElectroMedical?
Also it looks like the power supply could be internal. That might explain all the melt marks on the plastic case. I’ve asked the seller for more info.
Hi Guys, I’m Shawn the seller of this modem. I just took the cover off for a couple shots inside, in case you are interested. It won’t let me attach photos yet. I will see if I can add them to the Ebay listing.
Here’s a new modem for the list: Spirit Panther
I went to a friend’s house last week and he started to proudly show me the case he’d made for his new Raspberry Pi. I was astonished to see the Spirit logo and a modem I’d never seen before. After a rummage to find the original modem board he kindly gifted the modem to me - thanks Larry and Mark!
Great list indeed!!!
