[Coco] nostalgia for Art Flexser

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Mon Feb 2 16:43:26 EST 2004


On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Dean Leiber wrote:

> >Whoa!  That carries me back to the 80's just seeing the ALL CAPS.  Hehehe.
> >
> >My old 300 baud DC Modem Pak days are missed greatly.
> >
> 
> Does anyone remember the old 300 Baud Modem with the switch you had to 
> flip for original/answer? My First Modem! ;-) I could type as fast as it 
> could send!
> 

Sure, it was called the Modem 1, if memory serves.  To connect, you had to
dial your phone manually, then flip the switch and hang up when you heard
the connection get established.  I still have mine in a closet somewhere,
due to being a packrat who never throws anything out.

Art





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