During the last few seconds of the connection tone, the sound it made is when it couldn't make a connection, the long line static, just before it gave you a failed connection/retry message.
I remember the excitement of upgrading my US Robotics 9600 Baud modem to 14.4, the speed difference. Then to upgrade finally up to 56K, life was quick. If I can now save to buy a gig of memory and a hard drive over a 100meg.
You're incorrect. The sound at the end is it establishing a 56K (technically 52K) connection. If it was going to fail the connection then you would hear repeating tones as the modem tries to negotiate a lower baud rate with the remote modem before giving up.
and ^ why I'm getting an office ready in my camper, going to sit in the yard; read & scan old books, etc. Plenty of stuff to do without the internet. and I do think that would be the perfect way for them to self-implode from their own lack of creativity; let the enemy destroy themselves...
During the last few seconds of the connection tone, the sound it made is when it couldn't make a connection, the long line static, just before it gave you a failed connection/retry message.
A sad sound those of us from the dial-up days will never forget.
I remember the excitement of upgrading my US Robotics 9600 Baud modem to 14.4, the speed difference. Then to upgrade finally up to 56K, life was quick. If I can now save to buy a gig of memory and a hard drive over a 100meg.
yep was getting nervous just listening to it! was hard to complete homework with sketchy internet, I remember those days too well๐ธ
You're incorrect. The sound at the end is it establishing a 56K (technically 52K) connection. If it was going to fail the connection then you would hear repeating tones as the modem tries to negotiate a lower baud rate with the remote modem before giving up.
That's what u picked up on. I heard that alot back on the day.
For a few years now I have said that many people will totally lose it when their smart phones go dead. TOTALLY lose it.
Talk about "suicide weekend". People are going to lose it.
and ^ why I'm getting an office ready in my camper, going to sit in the yard; read & scan old books, etc. Plenty of stuff to do without the internet. and I do think that would be the perfect way for them to self-implode from their own lack of creativity; let the enemy destroy themselves...