Student in 1986 working on his Zenith ZFL-171 Computer and Acoustic Data Coupler

This gem comes to us from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Archives and captures a student way back in 1986 getting stuff done on this Zenith ZFL-171 Computer and Acoustic Data Coupler.

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3 thoughts on “Student in 1986 working on his Zenith ZFL-171 Computer and Acoustic Data Coupler”

  2. Cameron T. says:

    Wow, pretty sure this is the computer that we had at my house in the early 90s. Never could remember what model it was!

  3. iPadCary says:

    This is from 1986 — why all of the schock at seeing a modem?!?

    What’s more fascinating is seeing someone else, besides me, had rotary phones in thier 1980s dorm room.

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