bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
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OT: This is Depressing...
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bristlew0rm
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Just so you know, that's totally not real ... I was just kidding. 
I did get about 23mbps which is average for Comcast's "PowerBoost" which doubles your bandwidth for about 45 seconds.
I remember when I was a kid I used to BBS (during the CompuServe days) and was absolutley delighted to get 200 bytes/second on my 1200 baud modem.
http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/hayes_1200.htm
(blast from the past)
I did get about 23mbps which is average for Comcast's "PowerBoost" which doubles your bandwidth for about 45 seconds.I remember when I was a kid I used to BBS (during the CompuServe days) and was absolutley delighted to get 200 bytes/second on my 1200 baud modem.
http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/hayes_1200.htm
(blast from the past)
bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
tried it again
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15081844#post15081844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bristlew0rm
Just so you know, that's totally not real ... I was just kidding.
I remember when I was a kid I used to BBS (during the CompuServe days) and was absolutley delighted to get 200 bytes/second on my 1200 baud modem.
http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an19/hayes_1200.htm
(blast from the past)
1200? You were screaming by me...300 baud :lol: I bought a 1200 but it never worked on 1200, only 300
bristlew0rm
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15084196#post15084196 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
1200? You were screaming by me...300 baud :lol: I bought a 1200 but it never worked on 1200, only 300
Thats probably because 1) the modem you were connecting to was 300 baud or 2) the quality of the connection was poor -- which wasn't so uncommon 25 years ago.
As far as I know, modem speeds increased over the years (1980-1992) due to the advances in technology in reducing line noise and compressing the data. I believe the FCC limits speeds to 53K over a phone line, and that is why we didn't see anything faster than 56K modems for awhile ... of course, then there was broadband.
bristlew0rm
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15086402#post15086402 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
You left out 3) modem was defective out of the box!
Since I was unable to drive at the time I couldn't get back to SF to get it replaced. I was a SYSOP for a few BBS's back then, well versed in the technology I was using
Yeah, same here ... I ran a BBS from 1989-1994 ... was a member of FIDONet and I actually wrote by own front-end echomail server and started my own echomail network.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070515175242rn_1/www.bbsmates.com/viewbbs.aspx?id=60413
Here is an application that I wrote (which was used as a front-end for shareware a CDROM) long ago ...
http://web.archive.org/web/20070526134528/ftp.wwiv.com/FLV125.HTM
And here is an article when I was a kid:
http://nwitimes.com/articles/1994/08/01/export79574.txt
The good 'ole BBS days ... I'll miss you.
bristlew0rm
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15086774#post15086774 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
By 89 I had moved on from the BBS's. I couldn't resist the lure of surfing since I live in Santa CruzI bet we crossed paths a few times though
BTW I love the opening of your article..
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Yes, you were spoiled by the silicon valley ... I grew up in the midwest and as you may know, the http protocol was only used in universities until small ISPs started popping up ... and I lived in a hick town in Indiana with NO computer stores within 15 miles.
Small, cluttered ... yes, and full of old computer cases, dot matrix printers, 40MB hard drives, and computer junk.
WOH WAIT....you had a 40mb HD? Oh how I would have killed for a 40mb HD. I went from tape to floppy and always dreamed of a HD FWIW I had to travel 30+ miles to get to a computer store. It was never an easy feat, but I did have the Computer Shopper to help me get stuff mail order!
BTW I meant surfing as in the ocean, not web
FWIW I had to travel 30+ miles to get to a computer store. It was never an easy feat, but I did have the Computer Shopper to help me get stuff mail order!BTW I meant surfing as in the ocean, not web
bristlew0rm
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I think that was probably 9 years old when I finally got a 40 meg drive ... had a 20 meg drive that came w/ my Tandy 1000 SX, but I did also have a classic 4.77mhz XT w/ a tape drive.
shiveley
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Atleast you weren't stuck with this: 1964 Livermore Data Systems Series A 300 baud acoustic telephone modem -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dp...dem-1964-i-heart-tech&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dp...dem-1964-i-heart-tech&feature=player_embedded
bristlew0rm
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Hehe - I actually did have an acoustic coupler 300 baud ... picked it up at a local flea market where I grew up. I remember playing with an old "laptop" (weighed about 90 pounds) - I think it was running CP/M.
When I was a kid I opened a shareware booth at the flea market too ... I actually made a lot of money doing that. I wrote an install program and started selling copies of games and such.
When I was a kid I opened a shareware booth at the flea market too ... I actually made a lot of money doing that. I wrote an install program and started selling copies of games and such.
