From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <107e0n5$2v0ns$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >On 8/11/25 7:12 PM, Jay Morris wrote:   
   >> AOL has announced that they will turn off their last dial-up modems at   
   >> the end of September. They are down to a few thousand dial-up users out   
   >> of 2 million plus.   
   >   
   >Reminds me of when it became impossible to get new rolls of   
   >heat-sensitive paper for dial-up terminals from the stockroom at work.   
   >   
   >And of course, one also had to be careful getting a new phone, because   
   >the handset had to fit into the terminal "sockets" (no Princess phones   
   >allowed!).   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   I presume you're referring to acoustic coupler modems.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)