minus-square4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgtoJokes and Humor@beehaw.org•InternetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoAwful as it sounds, it was still data you could hear and decode using handwritten software. Protocols from those days were ones you could interact directly with - using software like telnet. linkfedilink
minus-square4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgtoJokes and Humor@beehaw.org•InternetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI thought they shoved a phone inside a PC. linkfedilink
Awful as it sounds, it was still data you could hear and decode using handwritten software. Protocols from those days were ones you could interact directly with - using software like telnet.