1038
We ignored the signs.
(lemmy.nz)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
1038 points (98.8% liked)
Programmer Humor
32965 readers
2173 users here now
Welcome to Programmer Humor!
This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!
For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.
Rules
- Keep content in english
- No advertisements
- Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
I havent seen a modem like that in 40 years, damn I'm old.
But fun part I was the only kid in my neighborhood (maybe the county) w/ 2 phone lines into his house in 1982. The Bell guys were pretty vocal about it. My dad was a big wig at Digital, nothing like a VT125 at home.
My parents still used one until about 15 years ago.
Downside of living in the nice rural, but broadband-free, countryside...
I can understand having dial-up 15 years ago, but not having a more modern modem is wild.
They didn't use an acoustic coupler as in the image any more, you are correct ;-)
The noise was also still emitted by the more modern variants during dialing and connection establishment, and as I was reading the meme's text without paying much attention to the symbolic picture, I instantly thought of the standard 56k modem we still had.
Ahh.
The sound was also very different with the later modems. I started on a 9600 baud, and moved to 14400, 28800, and eventually 56k, and they all had different sounds.
My first one already was a 28k one, shortly after followed by the 56k one my parents then kept using for the next 15 years, so I don't quite share your unique experience here... :-)