myrmepropagandist“In my day the computers would scream and scream when we connected them to the internet… but did we listen? No. We did not listen…”
Ruby@futurebird I don't remember who I stole this from
Whiskers 🇦🇺@Rubelicious @futurebird But that screaming is still used as the ultimate training exercise for impersonators and standup comedians
Matt HallThat's right... Sing the song of my people! <3
Mr. Bruno 
@Rubelicious @futurebird Music to my ears!
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@Rubelicious When I first used the internet, you had to fit the handset of the phone into a pair of rubber cups on the modem.
Muro deGrizecoFound a 300 baud acoustic modem once along with a VT-100 terminal, at a thrift store.
Got it to work, played with it a bit, then gave it to a friend on a limited income, who used it to connect to a community unix system for email.
Maybe in the late 80s?
She was so thrilled.
Said her cat hated the modems screaming and bid under the bed.