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We ignored the signs. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 17 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

I havent seen a modem like that in 40 years, damn I'm old.

But fun part I was the only kid in my neighborhood (maybe the county) w/ 2 phone lines into his house in 1982. The Bell guys were pretty vocal about it. My dad was a big wig at Digital, nothing like a VT125 at home.

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  • [–] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    I havent seen a modem like that in 40 years

    My parents still used one until about 15 years ago.
    Downside of living in the nice rural, but broadband-free, countryside...

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    I can understand having dial-up 15 years ago, but not having a more modern modem is wild.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    They didn't use an acoustic coupler as in the image any more, you are correct ;-)
    The noise was also still emitted by the more modern variants during dialing and connection establishment, and as I was reading the meme's text without paying much attention to the symbolic picture, I instantly thought of the standard 56k modem we still had.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    Ahh.

    The sound was also very different with the later modems. I started on a 9600 baud, and moved to 14400, 28800, and eventually 56k, and they all had different sounds.

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