11 Apr
2007
11 Apr
'07
10:37 a.m.
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Jason T wrote:
On 4/11/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com>
wrote:
I suspect it was a quick and dirty setup whereby whatever was sent to the
modem was printed out immediately. I don't think teleprinters echoed. Or
did they?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
newspaper articles on the bubble memory. I think reporters were the
first market for portable terminals. The TI Silent 700 series and
In the late 80s or so my father worked for the local newspaper. He
was given a phone number he could use to submit articles by modem. He
wanted me to figure out how he could use it. All I remember is a
modem answered and connected, didn't send anything, and would echo
back whatever you typed. I knew it was some sort of computer at the
other end instead of just a modem echoing data because control-D would
cause it to hang up. I'd love to know what it was running on. Why my
dad never asked for real documentation, I don't know :)