Stan Sieler asks:
>> but...does anyone know the first data of a binary (not ASCII)
>> file transmission via modem?
> At least as early as 1965 IBM sold equipment that could do this,
Some more date/a:
""the first model of the first commercial modem," a box in which a phone
handset could be placed, allowing a computer to say "beep beep" to another
over long distances. Lee was almost right. He actually had the second model
of the "magnetic/acoustic coupler," manufactured for Tymshare, Inc. by
Climet Instruments about 1966"
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John A.
Received on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 20:48:00 GMT