zachig
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 Posted: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:22:39 Post Subject: Surfing the web with 45-year old modem isn't very speedy |
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| Quote: | | [phreakmonkey] got his hands on a great piece of old tech. It’s a 1964 Livermore Data Systems Model A Acoustic Coupler Modem. He recieved it in 1989 and recently decided to see if it would actually work. It took some digging to find a proper D25 adapter and even then the original serial adapter wasn’t working because the oscillator depends on the serial voltage. He dials in and connects at 300baud. Then logs into a remote system and fires up lynx to load Wikipedia. Lucky for [phreakmonkey] they managed to decide on a modulation standard in 1962. It’s still amazing to see this machine working 45 years later. He’d love to hear from you if you’ve used a similar device. |
Watch the movie here: http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/surfing-web-45-year-old-modem-isn-t-very-speedy-64113/
Or here (SOURCE): http://hackaday.com/2009/05/27/1964-300baud-modem-surfs-the-web/
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