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 




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