An ambient screen-awaker that soothes the GenX soul by simulating hours upon hours of trying to dial into a service or BBS, each retry a gamble of hope at a chance to connect with distant peoples and blow up their TradeWars bases. What wonders await us in this new online world? Who will we meet, and how often will we get catfished? With perseverance, we will know — as long as we keep an ear out for the carrier signal.
Digits dial as tones or rotary pulses, whichever mode is set.
* and # are tone-only (a rotary dial has no such holes);
a comma pauses two seconds, as on a real Hayes modem.