Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1220file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1220external-linkEnthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前message-square68linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 个月前What stopped them from going over 12? Some sort of Windows limitation?
minus-squarenonentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 个月前From the video: lack of non-conflicting serial ports.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 个月前Probably couldn’t find a telecom willing to bother with that many POTS landlines.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前The video shows that they are their own telco. In addition to the modems, they’re also running the upstream equipment.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 个月前From what I gather from watching the video, 12 is just the number of functional modems they had on hand.
What stopped them from going over 12? Some sort of Windows limitation?
From the video: lack of non-conflicting serial ports.
Probably couldn’t find a telecom willing to bother with that many POTS landlines.
The video shows that they are their own telco. In addition to the modems, they’re also running the upstream equipment.
From what I gather from watching the video, 12 is just the number of functional modems they had on hand.