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Saturday, 2 June 2012

Technology - Alexis Madrigal - The Mechanics and Meaning of That Ol' Dial-Up Modem Sound - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/the-mechanics-and-meaning-of-that-ol-dial-up-modem-sound/257816/
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1 comment:

  1. When I was in sixth form, we had an acoustic coupler connected to a mechanical teletype to go online to the local polytechnic.
    I think the top speed was 300 bits per second, which was probably overkill because the top speed of the teletype was only about 100 bits per second!

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