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movq
www.uninformativ.de
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Maybe you’ll enjoy this as well:

I still have one of my first modems, a Creatix LC 144 VF:

[![](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/.html%2Dindex%2Dthumb%2Da.jpg.jpg)](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/a.jpg)

I *think* this was the modem that I used when I first connected to the internet, but I’m not sure.

I plugged it in again and it still works:

[![](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/.html%2Dindex%2Dthumb%2D0.jpg.jpg)](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/0.jpg)
[![](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/.html%2Dindex%2Dthumb%2D1.jpg.jpg)](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/1.jpg)

The firmware appears to be from 1994, which sounds about right. I don’t think we had internet access before that. We certainly did use local mailboxes, though. (Or BBS’s, as you might call them.)

I now want to actually use that modem again. For the moment, I can only use a phone to dial into it, I lack a second modem to actually establish a connection. Here’s a video:

[![](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/.html%2Dindex%2Dthumb%2Dcall3%2Dre.mp4.jpg)](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/call3%2Dre.mp4)

Not spectacular, but the modem does answer after me entering `ATA`.

I bought another cheap old modem on eBay and am now waiting for it to arrive. Once it’s here, I want to simulate an actual dial-up session, hopefully from OS/2 or Windows 3.x.
kat
yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz
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@movq THAT'S SO COOL
kat
yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz
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@movq THAT'S SO COOL
movq
www.uninformativ.de
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@kat Yep, can’t wait to hear *that* dial-up sound again. 😃