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   Chris Ahlstrom to Dennis Boone   
   Re: the early teletype   
   21 Nov 24 07:07:25   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Dennis Boone wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > > Sorta like my Vic 20!   
   >   
   > Only with two tape drives and an order of magnitude more expensive.   
      
   I bought a modem card for the Vic 20. I'd plug in the modem, load   
   the terminal program from cassette, dial the university computer with   
   the rotary dial, wait for an answer, plug the RJ plug into the modem,   
   and then read the university ARPAnet feed, 24 chars/line or somesuch, on   
   a black-and-white teevee.   
      
   Ah, the days when you could buy computer equipment from a toy store.   
      
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