Halt & Catch Fire

[Joe Horn]

(12-03-2014 05:54 PM)Paul Berger (Canada) Wrote:  ...my first modem was a 300 baud manual dial modem, I also used to use an acoustic coupler when at customer sites that did not have a convenient phone jack.

Ah yes! I made the EduCALC HP48 Goodies Disks from files downloaded with a 300 baud acoustic modem. Every ambient noise in the room (even my popcorn popper!) interrupted the transmission! ("Gee, grandpa, did they have indoor plumbing back then?")