Using a 1964 Modem To Connect To The Internet

by Scott Beale on May 27, 2009 · 3 comments

phreakmonkey made a demo video of him using an antique 1964 Livermore Data Systems “Model A” Acoustic Coupler Modem to connect to the Internet at 300 baud.

1964 Modem

photo by phreakmonkey

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1 paniq May 27, 2009 at 11:42 pm

wow. 300 baud are like 37.5 bytes per second. since, on a terminal, each letter is a byte, you can literally see those 37.5 characters per second unfolding on his screen.

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2 tamentis May 28, 2009 at 10:16 am

This is so cool! But since he is connected to a remote box, he is not *REALLY* loading wikipedia at 300bps, the remote machine is. He is downloading the terminal characters and control characters at 300bps. If he really did load wikipedia at 300bps, it would have been *MUCH* slower.

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3 Coty May 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm

That was super interesting, Scott! So interesting to see old technology work with new technology. Thanks for sharing!

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