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• limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I still have a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 here. Aluminum case and all. It’s a work of art.

  A useless work of art. But still…

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  • Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I had to get rid of my US Robotics (freshly rebranded from… I can’t remember?) 56k when I moved last time. Part of my soul was left with that modem.

    This modem:

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    • limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My 56k modem was internal, so not much to look at.

      But the Hayes…

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• stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You mean dubstep progenitors?

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• wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  When you had some hella good shareware to download, it was always such a letdown to hear the scratchy line downshift to a lower speed trying to find a stable connection.

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