[Year 12 IT Apps] Course review musings...

[Robert]

Modems! I remember my first modem in 1986.

300 baud.

Repeat 0.3k bps.

Then up through 14.4k, 28.8k to 56k bps - and now broadband. Worth 
mentioning to our students so they have some idea of how things have changed 
over the last 20+ years.

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "malcolm" <mjarb at iname.com>
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> And modems are still used in the business world for those who may want to
> send faxes using landlines as against via the internet.
>
> Malcolm
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> On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
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> Oddly enough, they still use modems at our International sister
> schools. Precious bits of networking technology we easily take for
> granted in our high-bandwidth, technology rich environments. I agree,
> it still has a place :-)
>
> Regards Roland
>
> 2009/2/11 Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>:
> (snip)
>> I hope the VCAA leaves the famous 56bps modem in
>> the glossary.  It's been there so long I've become fond of it  :-)
>>
>> --
>> Mark Kelly
>
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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