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28th May 2009, 21:35 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Surfing the web with 45-year old modem isn't very speedy [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. src: http://hackaday.com/2009/05/27/1964-...surfs-the-web/
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