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• description: Wi-Fi still required phone lines for a time. A belated #MARCHintosh video. Shop Micro Center's Monitor Madness Event: https://micro.center/1eb0c8 Sign up for a FREE 128 gig Flash Drive at Micro Center's Newest Store: https://micro.center/c1a7b6 Visit Micro Center News: https://micro.center/310248 If you want to replicate this setup, here's what you need (some links are affiliate links): - My Pi ISP project: https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-isp - Raspberry Pi 3, 4, or 5 (or equivalent) ($35) - StarTech.com 56K USB Dial-up Modem ($45): https://amzn.to/3NJMeTZ - Viking DLE-200B Two-Way Line Simulator ($120): https://amzn.to/3NnJETN - (Optional, but retro-cool) Traditional Bell-style telephone ($36): https://amzn.to/3PPmpme Also referenced in this video: - MacWorld 1999 New York Keynote: https://archive.org/details/1999-07-21-macworld-new-york-keynote - Steve Jobs says "Jump!" and Phil Schiller does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MR4R5LdrJw - Steve Jobs introduces WiFi to the masses with a hula hoop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFngngjy4fk - The Serial Port video on digital lines for 56K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ0KTtMQ_8s - Steve Jobs' 1999 Speech at the Apple Campus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoM2Y2KO6kU - Dial-up sound poster: https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/The-Sound-of-the-Dialup-Explained-by-windytan/31262230/flk2 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Internet like it's 1999 00:50 - Hula-hoops and Schiller-jumps for WiFi 02:57 - Sponsorblock probably caught this 03:25 - Let's shake hands with QAM 05:10 - Pi ISP 11:02 - Dial a Pi (from the first iBook) 12:19 - Now do it over Wi-Fi 14:32 - Lucent and Apple 15:04 - 6 hours of battery life, 27 years later 15:46 - One more thing... 19:03 - The White House 20:00 - Downloading a game over dial-up WiFi 21:39 - NTP over dial-up Wifi 22:52 - New Macs on OG AirPort? 23:40 - Your own dial-up ISP
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