[Offtopic] Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Course review musings...

[Roland Gesthuizen]

String? We would have killed for a thread of strong on our bull roarer. :-)

I reckon with email now the new snail mail, it would be easier to run
a message across the school based upon an equine transport model,
shouting cooees and waving of bush hats. Let's not forget the first
horseback messenger telegraph built by Genghis Kahn or Paul Revere's
midnight ride to Lexington to announce the coming of British.

Sorry folks, I'll move this highly technical thread to the off-topic list ;-)

Regards Roland

2009/2/13 Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>:
> Acoustic coupler?  LOOXURY!  In MY day we 'ad two tin cans, a piece of
> string and...
>
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>>
>> Yes, back then it streamed text data fast enough to casually read on a
>> monitor without the need to scroll. Remember using an acoustic coupler
>> to connect it to a phone?
>>
>> Regards Roland
>>
>> 2009/2/12 Robert <robert at yinnar.com>:
>>>
>>> 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>
>>> To: "'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'"
>>> <itapps at edulists.com.au>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:31 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Course review musings...
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ============================================================================
>>>> =======
>>>> Malcolm Carson
>>>> email: mjarb at iname.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ============================================================================
>>>> =======
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>>>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>>>> On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:25 AM
>>>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Course review musings...
>>>>
>>>> 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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-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead