AusLinx Kookaburra 336pm
- 33.6kbps PCMCIA Fax/Modem
Netcomm Pocket FaxModem 24
Seen today as recently sold on eBay: seller estimates 2400bps and circa 1993
Couldn’t find any info using the Austel number, but searching for it did turn up some others in adverts, in Just Magazines Computer Market - Issue No 15 (1994-05)(Mavala)(AU)
Here’s two from that issue, many more inside:
Dynalink 9648AP fax/modem Autel No A93/25F/0061
Edit: oops, probably Taiwan manufacture
Automatic Ice (mentioned previously)
Austel Approved (A92/25F/0450). Australian designed and manufactured using the Rockwell modem chip.
Thanks Ed. I’m not so fussed for this list where the modem was designed or made but it must be branded with an Australian company. Though the more Aussie, the more better ![]()
I’ve updated the top post with the Automatic Ice modem. Thanks for the link to the archive.org magazine, that let me dig deeper so I could read the model number. Looks like Automatic Ice Co. were making modems for around a decade.
Interlink VOIDAX! It’s the Interlink 14.4K modem listed in the main post.
Listed on eBay…
https://ebay.us/m/pvdT4M
This is the modem I had and when you powered it on it played an ear splittingly loud Australian male voice saying, “WELCOME TO VOIDAX!”
My dad bought it from Rod Irving Electronics in 1988 from memory. Was love at first sight for me and I’m still in the telco/broadband industry.
G’day Dan. Thanks for posting. That’s a good catch spotting it on eBay - I miss everything that doesn’t have “Australia” in the title or description. I’ve updated the top post with the model name and other details gleaned from the eBay listing.
Now I’m keen to get a sample of the modem’s startup greeting…