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Acoustic Coupler - Top

Popular in the 1970's the acoustic coupler was a device that allows a computer to connect to other computers. The first acoustic couplers connected to the phone handset and transmitted at a speeds of 300 baud as analog sound signals that were transferred to digital by the acoustic coupler.

 

I just wish modern broadband modems came in wooden boxes!

 

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Uploaded on January 24, 2010
Taken on January 24, 2010