Malaris
Heh, I've got a 576k DSL connection and I love it.
Only not too long ago I was plodding around with my old 56.6k dial-up and the difference is quite staggering.
I now that DSL isn't exactly top of the line as far as internet connections are concerned but it does everything I need it to do so I am happy.
Sorry I don't have more to sya I just thought I'd share my opinion with everyone that the internet really IS a revolution and already HAS changed the world (unfortunatelya majority of that is only the western world at the moment but that's a different issue for a different day).
P.S. Anyone remember 14.4k connections? 8)
Only not too long ago I was plodding around with my old 56.6k dial-up and the difference is quite staggering.
I now that DSL isn't exactly top of the line as far as internet connections are concerned but it does everything I need it to do so I am happy.
Sorry I don't have more to sya I just thought I'd share my opinion with everyone that the internet really IS a revolution and already HAS changed the world (unfortunatelya majority of that is only the western world at the moment but that's a different issue for a different day).
P.S. Anyone remember 14.4k connections? 8)
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jmmijo
Originally posted by Waffler:
Quote:P.S. Anyone remember 14.4k connections? 8)
Ah, try an old acoustic modem running at a paltry 30, 60 or 110 baud and you'll see just how speedy a 14.4k connection truly is
Quote:P.S. Anyone remember 14.4k connections? 8)
Ah, try an old acoustic modem running at a paltry 30, 60 or 110 baud and you'll see just how speedy a 14.4k connection truly is
adamvjackson
Well, I used to host a two node BBS on 28.8, now have a guess at my age
Remember BBS doors and Legend of the Red Dragon? Oh, those were the days
I've thought from time to time about setting up a telnet BBS
Remember BBS doors and Legend of the Red Dragon? Oh, those were the days
I've thought from time to time about setting up a telnet BBS
jmmijo
Was not this the time when having a USR v.Everything modem was da bomb
AndyFair
I remember using a modem on my old Commodore 64 - there was a BBS in the UK around mid-80s (I forget the name), and the modem ran at something like 300 baud - it used to take 3-4 minutes to complete one screenful (30 x 20 or whatever resolution of the C64 was). I used to think that was soooo cool 8)
My first ever PC modem ran at 2800 baud, and I thought that was speedy - it used to take forever to download files that were only kilobytes in size - but that was before the days of CD's and burners.
I remember when we moved from 5.25" disks to 3.5" disks and thought they were cool - 720k on one floppy was unheard of! And then when 3.5" went double sided...wow!
I also remember when people still referred to hard disks as "Winchesters", and when the only language to program in was assembler...
I'll stop now, this is making me feel old ;(
Rgds
AndyF
My first ever PC modem ran at 2800 baud, and I thought that was speedy - it used to take forever to download files that were only kilobytes in size - but that was before the days of CD's and burners.
I remember when we moved from 5.25" disks to 3.5" disks and thought they were cool - 720k on one floppy was unheard of! And then when 3.5" went double sided...wow!
I also remember when people still referred to hard disks as "Winchesters", and when the only language to program in was assembler...
I'll stop now, this is making me feel old ;(
Rgds
AndyF
