Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System (2016)

Re:Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board Syste... by isostatic on Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:54PM (#17536740)

Surely people today have watched Wargames - Broderick used an acoustic coupler in his nefarious attempts to get into his classmate's pants

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Re:Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board Syste... by LeoPanthera on Sunday July 15, 2018 @04:31PM (#17536913)

Which, perhaps ironically, is a small plot hole in the movie. "Wardialing" is not possible with a coupler - since the computer has no ability to hang up, or dial. When using a coupler, you have to dial manually.

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Re:Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board Syste... by kimdotcom on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:47PM (#17537770)

Could you not run a relay from thr parallel port and pulse dial?

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Re:Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board Syste... by LeoPanthera on Sunday July 15, 2018 @11:39PM (#17538581)

Yeah, you could. But there’s no pulse dialing depicted in the movie.

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Re:Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board Syste... by pasbesoin on Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:58PM (#17536752)

I was wondering about that, but I didn't update my post. Was there an acoustic hang-up signal? I've forgotten.

Regardless, the 1200 baud modem, in addition to feeling like it was "keeping up" with the user, also made connecting more convenient.

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