Those acoustic modems were very cool. My first exposure to computing was when my dad brought a teletype machine from the office with an acoustic modem and coupler. We dialed into his office and played Lunar Lander. It printed out a page with the landscape and position, you made your inputs on the keyboard, then it printed out the next page. I was enthralled. I'm now a software engineer largely because of that. Can't even begin to describe how advanced that seemed at the time particularly the fact that some minicomputer 40 miles away was handling all the logic. Probably mid 1970's.
unoriginal_user24 on July 6th, 2021 at 21:45 UTC »
Hack the Planet!
raouldukesaccomplice on July 6th, 2021 at 22:21 UTC »
When you really want to flex on being a very important business person.
fenton7 on July 6th, 2021 at 23:06 UTC »
Those acoustic modems were very cool. My first exposure to computing was when my dad brought a teletype machine from the office with an acoustic modem and coupler. We dialed into his office and played Lunar Lander. It printed out a page with the landscape and position, you made your inputs on the keyboard, then it printed out the next page. I was enthralled. I'm now a software engineer largely because of that. Can't even begin to describe how advanced that seemed at the time particularly the fact that some minicomputer 40 miles away was handling all the logic. Probably mid 1970's.