Ask HN: Is there a video or recording of 'screaming' a 300 baud sound?

[jMyles]

I've read in various corners of the internet (including on HackerNews, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3224897) that, at some point in history, people used to be able to "scream" a sound into a telephone handset such as to cause a 300 baud modem to respond.

However, I can find no actual recording of this.

Does one exist?

If not, can one among you make one?

[rmason]

Well I can't say for sure its 300 baud or not but this article has the sound of a modem handshake. Having actually used a 300 baud back in the day this sounds to me as if it is pre 10K, I know the later ones were a little different sounding.

http://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured...

[jMyles → rmason]

I'm sorry if I was unclear - I'm looking for a recording of someone actually screaming the sound with their vocal chords and completing a handshake with a modem.

[EvanAnderson]

I've been able to get old 300 and 1200 baud modems to detect carrier by whistling, but never by screaming.

[jMyles → EvanAnderson]

Video? :-)

[EvanAnderson → jMyles]

I'll see if any of my currently-accessible modems can even do 300 baud. If one of them can I'll get you some audio. >smile<

[jMyles → EvanAnderson]

At this point, since I can find no actual media depicting this, I kinda want to try it myself. :-)