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Answer-Only Modem

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:35 pm

An answer-only modem is one that can receive messages but cannot send them. Only the most inexpensive modems are answer-only. The technology was first used in the 1960’s and commonly used in applications where terminals called the computer, such as bulletin boards serves (BBS) systems.

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