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MasterG2kTR -> Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 5:47:25 PM)
Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem This is one all the tech-nerds will enjoy here.....classic hardware.....I actually saw someone using a similar modem in the early 80's....and my first modem, while internal, was only 1200 baud.....kids nowadays don't have a clue how good they have it when it comes to computers.

Termyn8or -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 7:08:08 PM)
Why didn't you put this in that other thread "what is your fav........" whatever ? I mean, they are talking about fountain pens ! Should fit right in. But that guy needs a nice 386 with a whopping 1 MB RAM, maybe even a harddrive ! Who even remembers PCs without a harddrive ? You could stick in a floppy, be it MS-DOS, PC-DOS, IBM-DOS, Norton System Commander, Unix. then if you had the money, RAM and a harddrive you could load a DOS shell, like IBM's Presentation Manager and Windows Executive, possibly others like Quarterdeck's Desqview or a bunch of others - even Microsoft Wondows. Don't ask the version number, there was none. Like the really old telly they found in England not so long ago. People wondering where the channel changer was because it had none. There was no need because there was only one channel. Can you imagine the confusion that could be caused by a rotary dial phone ? And speaking of phones, back in the 1970s a friend of mine had Parents who were both deaf. They had a TTY and the modem for that was just like in the vid, but it was built in. IIRC the phone's reciever (handset for the youngers) had to have what was called a "U" element. Newfangled shit people had to buy. Later in more modern times they got a closed caption decoder for the TV. THE TV, not A TV. It was heavier than a VCR. Let's not go into that. T^T

MasterG2kTR -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 7:54:21 PM)
Damn Termy.....you're getting me all misty-eyed with nostalgia here.....I've got a couple years on you so yeah....I know everything you are talking about cuz I used almost all of it

WinsomeDefiance -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 8:19:35 PM)
That brings back memories. When I worked at Exxon, they kept their internet locked down pretty good, as well as their computers - not allowing any additional programs to be loaded onto them without Administrative approval. I got around the firewall and safety protocol by loading AoL onto a Zip Drive. I dialed in using a very old external modem that was attached to an old phone I snagged from the room where old phones were taken to die. Of course NOW I know that was very unethical but I was young and stupid then [:D]

WinsomeDefiance -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 8:25:32 PM)
I started with an IBM 3180 Mainframe, at work. In fact, when I worked at Exxon, I was one of the first Data-tech's to get an actual PC. I actually really enjoyed working on a Mainframe computer, even though I fell in LOVE with my PC. Who wouldn't love a job that was comprised mainly of learning new technology, just so my boss could look good [:D]

BKSir -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/19/2011 8:46:45 PM)
Dude! That thing is SWEET! I want one!

LanceHughes -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/22/2011 7:39:50 PM)
Ancient programmer says "You young bucks!" Punch cards! AND as a summer job in college (must've been 1969 - yes 1969, 42 years ago!) I wrote a program for a punch board. Mag tapes! I even have an old core-plane - hand-wired little magnetic circles - one bit per - three wires had to be woven in with proper over-lap so that read / write functions performed properly. Wrote programs which were input on punched paper tapes via a TTY. (Target? BASIC on IBM 360) When I started it was 30 bytes per second - NOT 30K, just plain 30. When that was "upped" to 96 bytes / second, we all thought we'd about died and went to heaven. Rumors of 1200 bytes started to circulate, and the reaction was, "Nah! Can't be.... but maybe, I hope." Then 2400, and we'd look back at 30 and laugh. Oiled paper tapes for use in Peace Corps. Import export statistics of bananas, if you please! 40 years ago this year! Ancient programmer says "You young bucks!"

SirPumpy -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/24/2011 12:31:58 AM)
Bloody hell im half hard with the mention of all this Smithsonian technogeekery! I do recall a 4800 baud modem, direct hookup to BBS's Cough rusty n eddys and Nix Pix windy city..... And up until a few months ago I had a 56k K56flex Modem hanging off my 286 luggable for script and telnet stuff which was also a good way of making Sys-admins and MIS all misty eyed. But for me it was a garage full of DPS systems, 390 disk platter drives and a dual 330 drive for shits and giggles. It was a dash 3 machine so plenty fast and it also warmed the garage nicely. Sadly it was one of the few Non O2K compliant bits of gear out there and both the DEC and Honeywell systems were made redundant. However the cases make excellent rifle and pistol safes so they lived on for a while. Mag cards? only in the latter years of school because im not old enough to remember the univax etc. only 8 inch floppies, TAC paks and washing machine sized storage units.

MyVision -> RE: Man Surfs Internet Using 1964 Modem (7/24/2011 12:38:53 AM)
quote: K56flex Modem I remember getting my ass kicked by my parents for the high telephone bills. :( It took so long to download 10 mb then...around 70 minutes. (Which I do in less 12 seconds now..lol) It was a great time..the internet was one big box with undiscovered goodies.

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