10 Mar
2017
10 Mar
'17
3:29 a.m.
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Interesting: I've heard this same story, but told
about TIPs and the
ARPANET. A computer at BBN was set up to regularly dial all the TIP
modem lines, to check that they were working. One line was always down,
so they listened in, and heard some human say "it's just that pevert
with the whistle again".
I wonder which one was the original: anyone know for sure?
Now that takes me back; urban myth, because the calling modem didn't
squeak until the called modem did.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."