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Welcome to the #TelephoneExchange shed my new beepyboopy friend!

This is a “GPO Modem 2B” - a #dialup #modem… phone line in, RS232 out at a whopping 300bps!

It’s all discrete components (no ICs here!) and beautifully built with all the diodes/resistors mounted on little plastic carriers.

The modulator, demodulator etc are on separate, pull-out cards

It’s a gorgeous chunk of engineering, that I’ll be carefully powering up over the next few weeks!

Thanks for the swap @anachrocomputer

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@vwestlife #Funfact: In #Europe, #Cband dishes weren't common so #SatelliteInternet used simiar #Tuner cards with #VSAT terminals, oftentimes acceptibg downlinks from regular commercial #TV #satellites...

  • Later they got some fancy "SAT-Routers" that combina a #DVB-S downlonk and an #analog/ISDN modem for uplink if not iffered to use #2G #mobile networks as well...

I've got one of those...

And yes, I used that to share a #dialup connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!

Imagine, an #OldSchool #LANParty, but instead of gigabit networks and screaming-fast rainbow towers, you've got nondescript white shoebox PCs, some cow computers, maybe even some woodgrain.

A condition of playing with others is that your machine needs to have a [configured] #modem to call into the event's network.

Call it the DUNGParty -- for #DialUp Networked Gaming, of course.

I hate this name, but I can't help but chuckle at the silliness of it.

A discussion about modem sounds over on bsky reminded me that people seem to always reference diagrams or recordings of 33.6K or 56Kbps modems. I never had such a luxuriously fast modem. 1200bps and later 9600bps were the speeds of my dialup/BBS days.

Luckily there's a nice youtube video collecting a variety of connection speed handshakes for the better indulgence of one's nostlagia:
youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-

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@dangillmor

Counterpoint, when I first came on the 'net, we always had to pretend to be over eighteen and try and act mature or we'd get instantly bounced from the sites. Which made fandom interactions much more pleasant and less screamy/shouty.

So, I'm good with going back to teenagers having to try and be more grown up than the grown ups. Even now I'm one of the grown ups.

Also, we should bring back the #dialup noise to log on.

youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO

#Nostalgia
#DialUpNoise

Хотел своему падавану с работы показать как работает диал ап интернет, но похоже в Мск и области все подобные провайдеры скукожились, либо продались