OT: old farts recollecting -- Re: ASR1002

[gordslater at ieee.org (gordon b slater)]

On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 03:35 -0500, Jim Mercer wrote:

> "The telephone, for those of you who have forgotten, was a commonly used
> communications technology in the days before electronic mail.
> They're still easy to find in most large cities." -- Nathaniel Borenstein

Oh, the irony. A quote from Mr MIME himself :)

> i'm guessing this is before the mobile phone explosion.

...or before acoustic couplers were junked perhaps.