Dial "1" for Wi-Fi

Duration: 24:07

Wi-Fi still required phone lines for a time. A belated #MARCHintosh video.

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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 soundPoster: https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/The-Sound-of-the-Dialup-Explained-by-windytan/31262230/flk2

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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