1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
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1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
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Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#2This is a duplicate post from a while ago, but fascinating all the same.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#3I wish the idea of acoustic couplers still existed and was nicely integrated with things. Imagine the ease of technical support:
Customer: Hello? I can't open this Excel file
Me: OK, wave your phone near your computer for me
{remote control established}
No IE slowness, no reading URLs and passwords back and forth, no "did you notice the information bar" or plugin prompts or download prompts or email invitations stuck in spam filters... even if the two just communicated long enough to exchange a URL and key and then connected over the internet.
Although it would be better if it could be good enough to see the BIOS, etc.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#4This is the most awesome thing I have seen in a long time.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#5This is a duplicate post from a while ago, but fascinating all the same.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#6I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community.
It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#7This is a duplicate post from a while ago, but fascinating all the same.
What's especially impressive is that the electrolytic capacitors in it haven't failed after all these years.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#8I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
The linux box was in his lab most likely in a private network, which he dialed into. He didn't dial into an isp.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#9I wish the idea of acoustic couplers still existed and was nicely integrated with things. Imagine the ease of technical support: Customer: Hello? I can't open this Excel file Me: OK, wave your phone near your computer for me {remote control established} No IE slowness, no reading URLs and passwords back and forth, no "did you notice the information bar" or plugin prompts or download prompts or email invitations stuck…
At 300 baud, you might be better off driving over.
Re: 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet
#10I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
I remember that someone did that when the video was posted last year, and it was an easter egg..