1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Thu May 28 18:56:03 CDT 2009


On 28 May 2009 at 16:29, Fred Cisin wrote:

> We saw him dial, and put the handset into the cradle, but he did NOT
> shut the lid.  The notch is there for a reason.  If you don't close
> the lid, ambient noise, such as a nearby printer or 026, can be a
> problem.

Yeah Fred, but a modern laptop isn't nearly as noisy as an ASR33!  I 
don't recall Silent 700 terminals having any such lid on the acoustic 
coupler.

--Chuck



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