• GarlicToast
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    8 months ago

    We had hopes for the future and internet connections made sounds.

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      8 months ago

      Not if you disabled the sound so you could sneakily get online at night without your parents noticing! I was so happy when I figured that out and could quit nervously smothering the modem in pillows when connecting.

      I don’t know if that always worked. I didn’t figure it out until we were on a 56k modem. Maybe it didn’t work with older modems.