Modem from 1964, Welcome to the Internet.

**zuperxtreme** · #1 05-31-2009, 06:28 PM

This is so bad ass in a geeky kind way.

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I wonder if that's how the first "Totseans" used to connect to NirvanaNET, well not with modems that old, but if through text-only browsers or something.

Heh.

kirby · #2 05-31-2009, 06:51 PM

Wow, so you don't know what a BBS was.

BTW: Old and reposted, and yes this his how people connected to th internet upto the mid 80's in a way, albeit newer modems. Then came ISA, and PCI formats which made dialup plugin right to a computar.

ComradeAsh · #3 05-31-2009, 07:02 PM

I'm tempted to make a wooden box for my router now.

george · #4 05-31-2009, 10:01 PM

He's got a Defcon sticker on his laptop!

nevermind · #5 05-31-2009, 10:10 PM

That was cool! I've only ever known digital modems, didn't know that you had to put the receiver onto a old modem!

kirby · #6 05-31-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nevermind

That was cool! I've only ever known digital modems, didn't know that you had to put the receiver onto a old modem!

Watch Hackers, thats the only movie I know of that so promintly displays it.

KillSwitch_J · #7 05-31-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nevermind

That was cool! I've only ever known digital modems, didn't know that you had to put the receiver onto a old modem!

So you never watched War Games? Matthew Broderick's character had to do that very thing, in order connect to other computers.

Tillmyeyesbleed · #8 05-31-2009, 10:31 PM

Watch 'War games' Nuff said

Sklang · #9 06-01-2009, 02:24 AM

...Would you like to play a game...?

Oland · #10 06-01-2009, 02:36 AM

yea, this blew my mind... no digital parts in it. its an ACOUSTIC modem... so crazy...

bornkiller · #11 06-01-2009, 05:00 AM

That must be what telecom uses here in nz because thats the sort of speeds we're getting.

kirby · #12 06-01-2009, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bornkiller

That must be what telecom uses here in nz because thats the sort of speeds we're getting.

Haha. Everything is expenmsive down there.

ytter_man · #13 06-01-2009, 05:07 AM

Ferris Beuler's day off had one of those old handset modems as well.

Ghost_Rider_2.0 · #14 06-01-2009, 05:47 AM

Gawd, could you imagine using those acoustic couplers on the road instead of the awesomeness of free wifi everywhere(not really free..but yeah). Lol, you would've been paying per minute on the pay phone, while checking your email and looking at ascii pr0n.