Can you imagine what can we do with a 1200 bps modem today? It'll bring you a stressful time transferring just your medium-quality picture. And please don't ask about buffering a YouTube HD streaming video.
But data communication companies were really making a serious business with these snail modems. One of them was Penril Data Communications, Inc. 'Once upon a time' they launch their "versatile and sexy" all performers modems - ranging from a teletype (Bell 101C) modems and single card LSI 1200 BPS (Bell 202C) modems up to adaptively equalized 4800 BPS models. See the vintage print ad:
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