That’s right, we doubled the speed to 28.8k, but it’s still only 28.8k… maybe that’s why the video is four hours long. Haha! Or maybe it’s because I was searching for the perfect Evangelion MIDI. I do need to find some new SoundFonts!

We were using the Spirit Viper V.34 external modem on the client-side. These were distributed by Mike Boorne Electronics Pty. Ltd. in the mid-1990s. Apparently a pretty solid modem. We clocked four hours and 12 megabytes of data. The Banksia Wave SP 56 was our server-side modem.

The Spirit Viper V.34 is a nice looking modem internally too. Those capacitors at the front are close enough to touch the plastic top. If one ever vented or leaked, that clearance would be less than… well let’s just say Melty Blood. I’m still waiting for a backorder to arrive with potentially suitable replacements, but as we all know, the chip shortage continues.