From: "Tom Davies" <[email protected]> > Hi :) > Wow! I thought the dial-up speeds were around 40 kBytes per second i didn't > realise it was only bits! Although bytes were smaller back then when dial-up > was the main way that people used to connect. There is a great sound-file > about > halfway down this page btw > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access Fairly reminiscent of > the sound of > a ZX Spectrum loading something from tape. > Regards from > Tom :)
I believe that's the audio rendition of Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) handshaking and negotiation. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
