Comcast Approved Modems

Tyler Seguin on Julie Hemsky’s snapchat.

HP 82950A Modem, introduced in 1982. The modems operated at 300 baud, capable of transferring approximately 25 bytes per second

Starcraft on a 56k modem. pre-bluetooth/skype.

Island Telecommunications ▰ Created in ProPaint (Amiga) ☯85

1968 Honeywell Briefcase Computer - designed for Dr. Heywood Floyd (aka William Sylvester) in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The computer features all all the components of a modern laptop computer - keyboard, camera, electronic stylus pen, modem, digital file storage module, and display screen, (image via cnn © Stanley Kubrick Achive)

Related – I love places that don’t make me sign my name for purchases under $50. Yet there are a few places that make me sign no matter how little the purchase is. I’m ready to boycott them.

Modem Magic ▰ From MicroKids ☯84MAY | “But to all of us, sooner or later, comes the need to get out of our shell and communicate with the world out there. It is then that we begin taking a little more interest in that most amazing of computer peripherals, the modem.”