Wikipedia Via A 45 Year Old 300baud Cradle Modem

mekender · Post by **mekender** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE

That might just be the oldest working modem in existence...

FelixEstrella · Post by **FelixEstrella** » Fri May 29, 2009 4:09 pm

Fine Corinthian leather.

moose42 · Post by **moose42** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:27 pm

That is a sweet modem. Nice wood box, and its EMP proof!

JRucker2004 · Post by **JRucker2004** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:37 am

Sure, I may be a bit of a nerd for saying this, but that's REALLY cool!

thanks for sharing that link.

Jered · Post by **Jered** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:57 am

They don't make them like they used to.

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:04 pm

Up next, turning a Altair into the worlds slowest, smallest file server!

(now let's see how many nerds are here, by seeing who gets the joke

)

HTRN

Rumpshot · Post by **Rumpshot** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:57 pm

Do you mean one of these?

800px-Altair_Computer_Front_Panel.jpg

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:30 am

Yup.

and what's sadder, I know where to buynew kits for them.

And yet, I'm still single, despite being a repository of geekery. Shocking, isn't it?

HTRN

SoupOrMan · Post by **SoupOrMan** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:15 am

Best comment on that page was "So THAT'S how they downloaded porn in the old days."

ButchS1066 · Post by **ButchS1066** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:02 am

Neat.

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