Rob Beschizza
Gear

56k Modem Experience Emulator

Evil memories flood back: in my town, fast internet (1.5 Mbps DSL) did not come to the suburbs until 2004, and cable (at a staggering 3 Mbps) only showed up last year. So as late as three years ago, the dial-up experience remained by lifeline to the world beyond rural New Mexico. For those who […]

56kmodem_offEvil memories flood back: in my town, fast internet (1.5 Mbps DSL) did not come to the suburbs until 2004, and cable (at a staggering 3 Mbps) only showed up last year. So as late as three years ago, the dial-up experience remained by lifeline to the world beyond rural New Mexico.

For those who have fonder memories of the screeching miseries of 56k connection negotiation, take a look at lazylaces.com's nostalgic replay of that unique audial experience.

"The lazylaces 56K modem emulator brings the old-skool joys of the dial-up connection to the modern day broadband user. Happiness is a squeaky analog connection tone. *Joy* ... None of that always-on connection nonsense here.

Seriously, folks. Those noises are starting to turn up as audio leitmotifs in horror movies, for chrissakes.

56K Modem Emulator [LazyLaces via Tech Digest]