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What's your favorite memory from the early internet? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by 5redie8 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My roommate could tell you the number the modem was dialing by listening to it. Mystified to this day at how many hours that took to matter. (He also OCed his rig by submerging all possible hardware in a bin full of oil, so maybe it was symptomatic of his favorite pastime.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

DTMF tones are rather distinctive tbh