On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:49:00 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
Hello Andrew,
> this is surely do-able. The very first modems were essentially a
> speaker and a microphone that were connected to the telephone reciever
> by a couple of rubber cup-like things.
Acoustic Couplers, they were called. A real PITA to use, too; One
hard knock, and the line dropped, because the noise produced upset
everything.
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