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Re: Older Hardware Still Works

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Older Hardware Still Works
Date	2025-08-16 08:02 +0000
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:07:32 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> On 8/15/25 00:22, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:37:20 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     What we seems to be lacking here is hard DATA ...
>>>     just HOW sensitive are modern telcom systems to 'perfect' DTMF
>>>     tones ? Dunno if they still filter to detect each freq, or look
>>>     for some kind of beat tone. This has probably changed some since
>>>     the 1970s.
>> 
>> The whole system that could be manipulated with a blue box changed but
>> I doubt much changed with DTMF. I remember Ma Bell rolling out touch
>> tones at the '64 World's Fair. They had an exhibit where you could time
>> yourself with a rotary phone and a touch to see how much faster TT was.
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/37511919@N06/4732168189
>> 
>> The Picturephone wasn't a success like many of the other things of the
>> future shown at the fair.
>> 
>> https://ethw.org/Picturephone
> 
> 	Would that not be because of bandwidth limitations?

In general it would have been but there was a limited roll out in areas 
that could support it. The real problem was people didn't want to see each 
other. years later when we were doing Zoom meetings during covid most of 
us didn't bother with a webcam. One guy did and it was sort of distracting 
since his guinea pig was cavorting in its cage in the background.

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Re: Older Hardware Still Works John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2025-08-12 09:25 -0400
  Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 01:37 -0400
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-13 11:18 +0100
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 23:27 -0400
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 04:04 +0000
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-14 02:06 -0400
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-14 10:59 +0200
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:56 +0100
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 19:12 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 01:25 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:49 +0100
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:47 +0100
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            Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 19:19 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 01:37 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-15 07:22 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 03:46 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-08-15 08:50 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-15 08:43 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:57 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-15 13:07 -0700
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-16 08:02 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:48 +0100
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-13 19:42 +0000
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:37 +0100

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