1964 Model A" Acoustic Coupler Modem, live demonstration

[styckx]

Pretty geeky stuff, and very cool. Little long but he goes into good detail.

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[underdog]

This is how Fez still logs onto the internet.

Also, this video gave Blowhard an erection.

[led37zep]

That's pretty interesting!

However I thought the internet was invented by a Al Gore.

I better not have been lied to.

[KingModem]

I was pretty close to the co-inventor of the acoustic coupler based at the University of Minnesota Electrical Engineering school. That is how it got into this business was because of that gentleman.