Re: Colnago C60

On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 16:17:04 -0500, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On 1/9/2025 2:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 06:42:48 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

I think the issue wasn't a bad/misprogrammed SIM, it was basic network
compatibility. An old analog CDMA phone wasn't going to work on a
European GSM network regardless of the ability of anyone who may have
replaced the SIM card (which wasn't done).

 
Ummm... analog 1G phones didn't have SIM cards.  CDMA was spread
spectrum digital.

>
Yes, I conflated AMPS with CDMA. My bad.

I'm not doing much better.  I forgot that 1G used AMPS.  Rather than
looking it up, I substituted analog.

I used to give talks to the local clubs on cellular.  That was in the
days when most people knew very little about cellular.  I would do a
show and tell with a large box full of various generations of cell
phones.  When the demand for such talks decreased, I reduced my
collection to only a few interesting phones.  I found these on top of
a pile of boxes that I don't want to excavate:
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/J5fMMcwhJufYcsLy5>
All the phones are on 800MHz.  The big box is a 3(?) watt AMPS
luggable phone that weighs 8.8lbs (4kg).  I had a smaller "handheld"
phone that looked and weighed the same as a brick.  Just try to look
cool carrying that monster.  The big box worked well until the lead
acid battery leaked and destroyed everything inside.  I tried
searching for data sheets and failed.  My guess(tm) is they're both
2G.  Anyway, I couldn't find a SIM card inside any of these phones.

I'm willing to bet the phone
didn't have the hardware to support GSM even if they gave him a new SIM.

 
That's another reason I wanted to know the maker and model number of
the flip phone.
 
I'll get back to this later.

Maybe I won't get back to this.  I'm going to be busy for a few days.
 
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