Acoustic Coupled Modem

From: LordTyran <a2k_at_one.net>
Date: Mon Jun 21 11:07:33 1999

On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:
> Everyone in the room had to be quiet, and the first time someone coughed
> or sneezed, there went whatever was transferring (and sometimes the
> connection). I tried all kinds of stuff to insulate the handset against
> noise, with only a little success. It was heaven to upgrade that thing, so
> I could finally blast Rush and Sabbath while downloading Atari ATASCII
> movies...[wipes a tear]...sniff...
>
> Aaron
>
>
Indeed... I have the same trouble with my Silent 700 Teletyple.. I don't
have any phones that have a round handset.. I found it's best to set some
heavy books on it to get the phone to cover the muffs well, then stuff
some tissue around it.. (no, not heavy enough books to break it, just
enough to make a good connection.) I was able to use a cordless fone with
it using this method (!)... it was fine until it either changed channels
or had a call waiting beep... lots of garbage.

Rush rocks! ... And the meek shall inherit the earth... (2112)


Kevin
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