45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web
June 5th, 02009 by Alexander Rose
In a nod to Kevin Kelly’s Immortal Technologies hypothesis that no technology actually ever goes extinct, we have this tidbit. Slash Dot reports that a hacker named Phreakmonkey got his hands on a circa 1964 Livermore Data Systems “Model A” Acoustic Coupler Modem and managed to actually surf the web on it… albeit very slowly. Thanks to Ben Keating for sending the pointer.
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Posted on July 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
KRAZY!
Posted on August 5th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Literally talking to the server… This is the coolest thing I’ve seen all day.