On 19/09/2013 9:29 PM, Jeff Kell wrote:
On 9/19/2013 5:29 PM, Warren Bailey wrote:
So you understand things aren't always metro e.. That's what I was trying to say. I still have a coupler.. ;)
-------- Original message -------- From: Fred Reimer <freimer@freimer.org>
Actually, I started out with a 300 baud acoustic modem. You know, the kind where you take the handset and jam it into two cups? But I digress…
Bah! That was a take-home convenience. How about the old ASR TeleType with the 110-baud link to get a hardcopy listing?
Jeff
Ah, distinctly I remember. The ASR shook the whole house when it started typing things out. I was using a government tie line from Ottawa to Toronto, and occasionally the operator would break in to investigate the long call with funny noises. Tom