2400 baud that was LIGHTNING fast.
OT: How fast was your first modem?
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Bucsfan67
EOG Master
Re: OT: How fast was your first modem?
i remember when i was splitting rent at a house with a buddy i worked with many years ago...i didnt even have a computer, he did...but he had AOL dialup, and u would have to wait for it to find a line, etc...and if u got on at 56K u had done real well.....everytime the phone would ring, u would get knocked offline.....geesh
i remember when i was splitting rent at a house with a buddy i worked with many years ago...i didnt even have a computer, he did...but he had AOL dialup, and u would have to wait for it to find a line, etc...and if u got on at 56K u had done real well.....everytime the phone would ring, u would get knocked offline.....geesh
Re: OT: How fast was your first modem?
Back then I didn't have a cellphone, so my wife(gf at the time) always got pissed when she'd go shopping on a Sunday afternoon and tried to call my home phone only to get a busy signal time after time.
I ended up buying some sort of device that buzzed the calls through for like $75- I could choose to pick up the call or ignore it. Well worth the money.
Back then I didn't have a cellphone, so my wife(gf at the time) always got pissed when she'd go shopping on a Sunday afternoon and tried to call my home phone only to get a busy signal time after time.
I ended up buying some sort of device that buzzed the calls through for like $75- I could choose to pick up the call or ignore it. Well worth the money.
The General
Another Day, Another Dollar
Re: OT: How fast was your first modem?
Very good for a dial up at 44k while most buddies ran in the 30's. We are spoiled now. That would be enough to have a desire to throw the thing out the window these days after using High Speed.
Very good for a dial up at 44k while most buddies ran in the 30's. We are spoiled now. That would be enough to have a desire to throw the thing out the window these days after using High Speed.
Re: OT: How fast was your first modem?
I used to know how to do some cool shit back in the day (back before everyone and their dog could use a computer)... Lots of stuff that I was glad to be under 18 doing though
I used to know how to do some cool shit back in the day (back before everyone and their dog could use a computer)... Lots of stuff that I was glad to be under 18 doing though