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