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9·1 month ago*you’re
Here you go grandma! Your new printer!
6·2 months agoI’m sure you think you did
You got all mad for people posting no real solution and when given the chance, offered no real solution
Has there ever been a period in history where Russians haven’t been oppressed by their government or the church?
1·2 months agoYou’ve addressed nothing from my commen
The irony…
1·3 months agoI’d dive fully into circuitboard electronics
Holy shit he’s 6’ 7"???
Couldn’t have been accomplished without democrats
35·7 months agoAfter dieselgate and the discovery that VW was subjecting monkeys and humans to exhaust fumes in experimentation, their sales are still fine.
I honestly don’t think consumers give a shit about what negative things companies do.
I’m starting to think they’re not
3·7 months agoYou went from a 300bps to 14.4k?? lol I’m surprised you lived through that experience
This one?
Yep the acoustic couplers. WarGames is from 83.
https://www.cio.com/article/220297/the-technology-of-wargames.html?amp=1
The modem David Lightman used to connect his computer to the outside world, as seen here and in the movie, was an IMSAI 212A. In reality though, it was only labeled that way for the movie. IMSAI never actually produced or sold such a modem. What was actually used in the movie was a Cermetek 212A modem, which could communicate at 1200 (!) baud.
Back in the day before computer modems could be directly connected to a phone line, phone handsets were placed in acoustic couplers connected to a computer, in order to convert sounds to electrical signals (and vice versa). In WarGames, an acoustic coupler is used prominently by David Lightman. Ironically, though, it wasn’t actually needed since his ISMAI (er, Cermetek) 212A modem didn’t need a coupler. It was included purely for the visual effect. Ahh, movie magic!
Wait… someone actually married that walleye??
Edit: looked it up… SINCE 1986!!!