Today, we’re going to look at how computers can talk to each other!
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

It is hard to believe these days that in the early 1980s you needed to connect your computer to a telephone line, using an acoustic coupler, in order to send an email. The coupler converted your electronic mail into a series of audio pulses.  This vintage BBC clip captures the early days of electronic mail, via an Apple II computer, with some seriously impressive floppy discs in support.

Binary Joke Department: There are 10 sorts of people in the world.  Those who can read binary code and those who can’t.