clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> I guess you all know the story of the computer hotline call about the
> broken coffee cup holder, which turned out to be the CD-ROM tray. A
> nicely invented anecdote...
>
> ... except, it isn't.
>
> And it wasn't a CD-ROM tray, but a good old tape tray.
>


Photo!

I have heard of people using acoustic couplers to hold their tea cups. In the
days when there were few dedicated digital lines. You lifted a panel on a
teletype and put a phone handset onto a mouthpiece and earpiece. To get comms.


Stephen

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