http://www.upto88.com/dial-up-modem-noise Stuff that's gotten up to 88 mph and disappeared Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.upto88.com/dial-up-modem-noise/comment-page-1#comment-31 Joe Cassara Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:49:52 +0000 http://www.upto88.com/?p=150#comment-31 The noise you're referring to is the actual tones used to establish a connection between two modems (the "handshake") and communicate between them. By default, a lot of models allowed you to listen in to the handshake so that you could verify a solid connection was made. You could turn the speaker off by sending the command ATM0. The noise you’re referring to is the actual tones used to establish a connection between two modems (the “handshake”) and communicate between them. By default, a lot of models allowed you to listen in to the handshake so that you could verify a solid connection was made. You could turn the speaker off by sending the command ATM0.

]]> http://www.upto88.com/dial-up-modem-noise/comment-page-1#comment-3 evan the terrible Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:58:04 +0000 http://www.upto88.com/?p=150#comment-3 hey i just realized i can comment here. I really miss the dial-up modem noise. But I like weird sounds, I'm in the minority i think. But it's very nostalgic to hear a sound like that. hey i just realized i can comment here. I really miss the dial-up modem noise. But I like weird sounds, I’m in the minority i think. But it’s very nostalgic to hear a sound like that.

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