[Coco] Ebay chuckle of the day

[Arthur Flexser]

Yeah, definitely a 300-baud modem Model 1B.  No dialing capability, you
dialed the number first on your phone and then flipped the switch to ORIG
and hung up the phone when you heard the answer tone.  This was long before
there was even such a thing as the Internet.

Art
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Manny <manney at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 12:40 -0400, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:
> > Is that 1200 baud?
>
> Looks like the 300 baud one I have in the States.  Couldn't tell you the
> cat number, though.  I'm guessing that they all looked similar?
>
> -M.
>
> > On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Mark McDougall wrote:
> >
> > > On 12/10/2010 1:46 AM, Rogelio Perea wrote:
> > >
> > >> Reading the title/heading of this auction provided for a solid giggle:
> > >>
> > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260676472841
> > >>
> > >> "Internet"... it tops the unruly habit of some clueless sellers on
> calling
> > >> all vintage hardware "very rare" :-)
> > >
> > >>
> > > At least he's not asking $350+ for it...
> > >
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> resistance!"
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