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Amazing 1980 computer magazine article (with ads) on building your own modem:
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Date: January 20th, 2017 11:36 PM Author: judgmental hall electric furnace http://imgur.com/a/RO7fu
who here is willing to build one of these and tell us if it works? |
Date: January 21st, 2017 9:50 PM Author: judgmental hall electric furnace anyone finish building their modems yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32428565) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 10:06 PM Author: self-absorbed juggernaut athletic conference lol wtf would i want to *build* a modem. this is so weird. just sell me a modem. imagine if computer culture were still trapped in its "Popular Mechanics" phase. "BUILD YOUR OWN IPHONE!!" |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:17 PM Author: dull university telephone Building it is the best way to figure out how shit works. So many ppl in software dev who don't know basic shit that people who grew up in the 80s and 90s know because they were tinkerers and hobbyists. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429124) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 10:07 PM Author: Transparent Half-breed Water Buffalo Isn't this how you get into the matrix? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32428687) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:06 PM Author: razzmatazz old irish cottage hell There used to be "electronics hobbyists" who would do this stuff. You could go to Radio Shack and buy all the parts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429066) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:07 PM Author: Charismatic state :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429070) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:11 PM Author: Cerebral mental disorder box office yeah but we have cheap mexican food now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429088) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:15 PM Author: henna misanthropic whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429109) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:18 PM Author: dull university telephone They had Taco Bell back then too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429133) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:18 PM Author: dull university telephone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429130) |
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Date: January 21st, 2017 11:46 PM Author: salmon fiercely-loyal area My dad was a hobbyist like this. We made radios, phono preamps, speakers (including semi custom drivers) growing up but nothing more complex than 1960s era analog. He didn't know digital circuits. I learned a lot but it's all a very expensive hobby. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32429281) |
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Date: January 22nd, 2017 2:25 AM Author: Bronze Startled Location you used to be able to teach yourself all this stuff fairly easily just by reading lots of magazine articles like the one in the OP. now, digital design has become so abstruse that it takes an advanced degree and lots of specialized equipment to do more than play around with prebuilt modules. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3498600&forum_id=2#32430027) |