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re: ghettoModem

This sound like a percussion-cup modem to me. The only problem with them as 
far as I know is that there are speed constraints (the old percussion-cup 
modems had a maximum baud rate of 300bps).

Aaron Blackman
Information Systems
Phone: 9482-7305
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From: <>, on 10/09/99 8:06 am:

Hello.  A friend and I had an idea which we are currently pursuing which 
might be good for net connection for wearables.  The idea is to basically 
hook up a phone handset to a modem (and maybe to run a small current through 
it to simulate a line being used?) and basically sign on to an internet 
service (perhaps through a home computer that's hooked up through a different 
line) by 69ing the ghettoModem (mic to speaker and speaker to mic) with a 
payphone or some other handy phone, probably with some sound insulation 
around the connections so as to avoid interference...  Anyone have any 
thoughts?  Are there any pitfalls an unexperienced person such as myself 
should know about, or has anyone ever done something like this before?

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