List of Australian Modem Manufacturers

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!! Please note that I have moved this list over to the Australian Computer Museum Society forum.

!! Check there for the current list: https://forum.acms.org.au/t/list-of-australian-modem-manufacturers/48

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Guidelines

• Modem is branded with name of Australian manufacturer
• Available for general purchase
• Connect to PSTN or ISDN
• Especially focused on:
• analogue modems between 300 - 56000 bps
• Dates from mid to late 1970's to 2000 (ADSL/cable broadband internet transition)

Todo

• Explore the story of each company
• Differentiate models designed/made in Australia (especially 70's and 80's Australian manufacture)
• Need a form for recording modem model details, eg speeds and other features, who it was designed by, country of manufacture, where and when it was sold
• Baud or bits per second 

List

• AusLinx
• Tasmanian Devil 56ES
• Banksia Technology
• 25 Sirius Road, Lane Cove, NSW, 2006
• Mymodem (14.4k, ..., 56k)
• Dataplex Pty Ltd
• Melbourne, Australia
• TEL 424
• ebay listing
  
• ElectroMedical Engineering, Melbourne, Victoria
• Microtex 666 (300,75/1200): ebay listing
• Interlink Electronics
• 14.4k modem: Whirlpool forum post
• Maestro Distributors, Kalool Street, South Kincumber, NSW
• As seen on ebay listing: Maestro Supermodem For Apple II Computers Model AEM 4610. Made in Australia in 1986. 1200 baud. ebay listing
• Netcomm, Lane Cove, NSW
• Smartmodem 1234SA (2400) - mid 80's
• AM5066 RAVE3 USB 56K V.92 - 2000's
• Swann
• SwannSmart II Pro (pci)
• Spirit Electronics, Artarmon, NSW
• Viper (28.8k), Cobra (33.6k), 560SP (56k), Voyager (128k ISDN BRI)

Possible

• Dick Smith
• Hills
• Tandy
• Tronic Bits
• NEWS BRIEFS, ELECTRONICS Australia, October 1992

Research references

• Austel - every modem was registered with Austel
• Australian Modem Manufacturers’ Association (AMMA)
• News Highlights, ELECTRONICS Australia, November 1994
• archive.org link
  
• Old Windows driver repositories
• ISP, BBS support and forum archives

Australian Modem Social History

• Modem resurrection, ARN, 26 May, 1999, link
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Please let me know if you know of others or have any stories about the above

Modems by Australian Manufacturers

Flesh this out with detailed product lists