Circa 1964 Livermore Data Systems "Model A" Acoustic Coupler Modem, live demonstration.
Q&A: http://phreakmonkey.com/index.php/archives/13
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Background: This modem was given to me ~1989 by the widow of a retired (IBM?) engineer. Computerhistory.org has a Model B dated 1965, and I've seen a... More
Circa 1964 Livermore Data Systems "Model A" Acoustic Coupler Modem, live demonstration.
Q&A: http://phreakmonkey.com/index.
php/archives/134
Background: This modem was given to me ~1989 by the widow of a retired (IBM?) engineer. Computerhistory.org has a Model B dated 1965, and I've seen a ~1967 Model C written up in a magazine. (Interestingly, incorrectly identified as being only 110 baud.)
Even better than seeing it in a museum, I decide to hook the trusty Model A up and make it talk to something. After some trial and error, I manage to get it to talk to a terminal server at work and use it to connect to a linux box. It's ALIVE! So, 45 years after it's creation, this antique modem gets to send data to and from the modern Internet.
Enjoy!
- K.C. Less
Added May 13, 2009
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altagato Says:
May 25, 2012 - AHAHAHAHAHHA, you mean if we don't have a dial tone we don't have internet?! takes me back to compuserve BBS support.
PFCFleisch Says:
May 22, 2012 - It's nerd porn, so your school's filter isn't that wrong.
Ethanos Says:
May 19, 2012 - 1.l j9jioktf
windows7usr Says:
May 19, 2012 - back in 1964 there wasn't even a connection between two computers please answer me:for what a modem to be used back in 1964?
windows7usr Says:
May 18, 2012 - thanks
cvamurfreesboro Says:
May 15, 2012 - MODEM-Modulate and Demodulate.pretty much they're using Analog (wave based . think music like CD Audio.Pulse Code Modulation) to transmit information (bits 1's and 0's.the computer thinks in BITS digital 1 and 0's and those on off bits of DC circuit information get transformed into Analog (A/C) current it doesn't matter what frequency on the electromagnetic spectrum you transmit it on, or what encryption technique you use.. you just have to make sure each side can decode it back to useful info
ClothesOptional Says:
May 14, 2012 - JoyofSatan(dot)com CHRISTIANITY EXPOSED AS FALSE AT THIS LINK. SATAN PROVEN TO BE OUR REAL CREATOR GOD THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING. LEARN HOW TO CONTACT SATAN.
noname4422 Says:
May 9, 2012 - My school web filter thought this was porn.
Yosikuma Says:
May 7, 2012 - Man, what a fantastic piece of hardware you have there! I am a bit embarrassed that I had no idea there WERE modems in the 1960s until just now~!
ZBlayde Says:
May 6, 2012 - I'll have to admit you're right about that. I have a GBA SP that plays like new, but my DS is pretty much dead.
Mbash93 Says:
May 6, 2012 - But it did. I don't know what happened, but sometime in the past 10 years, every company stopped building appliances to last. My NES is still alive and kicking. My Xbox died in 2 years.
dmas222 Says:
May 4, 2012 - so, in other words the box listens to sounds from the phone? what if you were to like record it and play it into the mic of the box? plz explain, im big on technology and ive NVR seen anything like this.....
albinomexi Says:
May 4, 2012 - Nice to see something like that still up and running.
Jaimebugs Says:
May 4, 2012 - Nice!! Thanks for posting!
1931fordmodela Says:
May 2, 2012 - SAME here man! haha but i was 1992. and yes my dad played doom all the time when we got or first computer in 95
punkriver Says:
May 2, 2012 - Great demonstration!
ZBlayde Says:
May 1, 2012 - You think people thought this modem would last 50 years?
paskalip Says:
May 1, 2012 - yeah, and people will go "wow! did you carried that thing with you all the time?" Or "You had to connect to what?" But seriously, I don't think an ipad can survive 50 years...
segabud Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - :DD DEFCON!!! -*- --* ***
Trepazzan Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - /ˈbɔːd/
ComandanteJ Says:
Apr 23, 2012 - What a bif fucking treasure you have there, absolutely lovely.
b00mb00mchuck Says:
Apr 23, 2012 - i laughed... i cried... best video i watched this year
ndgh209 Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - I remember Dail up when i was really little i born in 1992
gildedlink Says:
Apr 17, 2012 - There was no such thing as stealthily downloading porn in those days.
phreakmonkey Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - ATM0