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It's not related I guess but I remember connecting to CompuServe in 1983 with a 300 Baud modem to catch up on the digital world.

Acoustic coupler or bust!

At 110 baud if you're not in a hurry, or using a teletype with paper instead of a screen.

(Never used one, but saw them.)

When I was in college umpty-foo years ago, I worked part-time at a timesharing firm that had 300 baud acoustic couplers and used APL.

Years later, I worked around the corner from the USRobotics factory in Skokie, IL, where they made PalmPilots and Courier modems. Good times!