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   ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:01:31 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

   do you ever think about how, in all likelihod, more people in history have heard modem noises as an audio gimmick on youtuber videos communicating "this is slow" than out of a literal modem?

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:02:59 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     historical preservation at home:

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:06:15 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     i'm actually quite pleased that the v.34 handshake, instead of fading into obscurity as analog PSTN lines get decommissioned, gained a second life as a cultural object communicating something useful

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     Manfred (mandelhorn@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:24:38 JST Manfred

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     @whitequark Reminded me of windytan's excellent infographic that explains a modem sound. https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html?m=1

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:35:17 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

     @freya 18675309 Jenny?? haha

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     Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩 (freya@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:35:19 JST Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

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     @whitequark hey, we put something together for you, how accurate does this sound? and if you can tell the phone number being dialed you get a cookie

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:39:22 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

     @freya re: accuracy:
     - the part that i think is accurate to the Lore™ is the North American dialtone, but i'm used to the dialtone from ITU +7, which are different in frequency
     - from my memory (of over 20 years ago), there should be something else in the handshake at the ~35 second mark

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Oct-2025 07:42:09 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

     @freya fortunately ITU has your back https://www.itu.int/ITU-T/inr/forms/files/tones-0203.pdf