[arnado]

It reminds me of the TRS-80 model 100. I seem to remember reading a story linked here a while back regarding the 100 and how popular it was for journalists to write stories on, and maybe be uploaded via modem to the editor when completed? (I might be remembering this incorrectly)

[fanf2]

You are thinking of this http://wayne.lorentz.me/This_TRS-80/

[arnado]

yes, thank you. I'll have to read over it again and refresh my memory.

[walrus01]

The common setup that I've seen photos of consisted of a model 100 and an acoustic coupler set sized to fit a north american standard payphone handset. Typically a 300 baud modem to dial in to a special system operated by wire services and large newspapers and file the plaintext of the story.

ignore the cellphone part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqWHLZjOjA