Connecting a modem from 1964 up to the interweb
source: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/27/video-connecting-to.html
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Back in the 1960s if you wanted to connect to the internet you had to use a big wooden box that you stuck your (wired) phone inside!
Oh how things have changed! Although for some of us in the UK, speeds haven't increased by much. :'(
In the clip you'll see "Phreakmonkey" hooking up a Livermore Data Systems 'Model A' modem to his laptop. The end result? Wikipedia at a less than blistering speed.
Oh how things have changed! Although for some of us in the UK, speeds haven't increased by much. :'(
In the clip you'll see "Phreakmonkey" hooking up a Livermore Data Systems 'Model A' modem to his laptop. The end result? Wikipedia at a less than blistering speed.
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- WTF, Upstream, Viral Videos
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- WTF, Viral Videos, Internet, Upstream, 1 more
