RIT Library NewsRochester Institute of Technology Library News and HappeningsFirst TTY Modem on Display in Wallace Library- June 11, 2008 One of two modems used in the first TTY call in 1964 is now on display at RIT's Wallace Memorial Library. The device was not only a technological breakthrough, it allowed persons with hearing loss the opportunity to directly communicate via traditional telephone for the first time.http://www.ntid.rit.edu/media/full_text.php?article_id=699 |