Bell 101 modem

The Bell 101 modem, or Bell 101 Data Set, was the first commercial modem for computers, released by AT&T Corporation in 1958 for use by SAGE and in 1959 made commercially available shortly after AT&T's Bell Labs announced their 110 baud modulation frequencies.[1][2] The Bell 101 modem allowed digital data to be transmitted over regular unconditioned telephone lines at a speed of 110 bits per second.

The back of a Teletype Model 33 teleprinter with a Bell 101C modem in the pedestal, 1963.

Bell 101 modems are no longer in use and were quickly replaced by its successor the Bell 103 modem. SAGE modems were described by AT&T's Bell Labs as conforming to the Bell 101 data set standard.

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