Archive for March, 2018

AT command notes

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

so it is that time of the decade again, that you need to poke with some AT modem commands, e.g. for 3G / LTE networks, …

Does the SIM card need a PIN?
at+cpin?

Enter the PIN if required:
AT+CPIN=1234

Current network:
AT+COPS?

Update: special service numbers, e.g. balance:
AT+CUSD=1,”*100#”

List of early computing systems [WIP]

Monday, March 12th, 2018

I think we initially had a 286 without HD, nor color graphics
my father’s 386sx25 w/ 2MB RAM for what feels forever
gifted free NEC V20 XT clone thing
Pentium 120
IDT WinChip2 240
AMD K7 Athlon 600
AMD K7 Athlon 1GHz?
Sun Ultra 5 4/2002
Sgi Octane 11/2005
iBook G3 750?