[Coco] Ebay chuckle of the day

[James Hrubik]

Got one in the closet -- it stared me out on Delphi.   Shhhh -- don't  
tell Al that we were using these things before he invented the Internet.

On Oct 11, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:

> 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...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> |              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical  
>>>> Engineers do
>> it
>>>> |  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less
>> resistance!"
>>>>
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