> This definition would generally bar you from using phone modems Back in the days when I used phone modems (USR Courier and Sportster) I actually flashed a co

> This definition would generally bar you from using phone modems Back in the days when I used phone modems (USR Courier and Sportster) I actually flashed a cool custom firmware developed by an enthusiast hacker and there seemed to be no measures deployed to stop me from doing so. IIRC at least USR Courier had Intel 80186 which was a full-fledged x86 CPU making the modem a real computer indeed.