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· Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 17:47:15 @TheLancashireman Yeah, I've already had a mate saying "Pah! 2800 baud rate was all we had". I'm not actually sure how fast(slow) my first connection was, because after I finished my MA in 1991 I was offline for about 8 years and missed all the very slow bits! |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 17:58:23 2800 baud, you speed freak 1200\75 BBC Micro Prestel was my first online experience. Medien: 1 |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:35:37 @Mark62 @Janeishly @TheLancashireman if we’re comparing, my 110/300bps acoustic coupler wants it’s hat 🎩 thrown into the ring. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 18:11:55 @Janeishly @TheLancashireman I started at 300 baud. I can still picture the Tandy/Radio Shack modem. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 18:26:03 @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 18:33:54 @katrinakatrinka @Janeishly @TheLancashireman No, you’d dial the phone and then when you heard it pick up, you’d press a big red button on the modem and hang up the phone. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 18:51:41 @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman This is the one I was remembering, btw. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:38:26 @katrinakatrinka @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman yeah, I’ve got one of these… was my first modem. I’ve even kept a leased USWest rotary phone so I have a legit handset 📞 for using it if the opportunity arises. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 21:13:18 @katrinakatrinka those were acoustic couplers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 19:11:28 @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman I so wished I had a modem in those days. |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:36:13 @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman I had this here as my first device to the online world. But even had the authorization of the German Federal Post Office (at that time also called the yellow plague) the story behind my regular mailbox (bbs), which I visited regularly at the beginning: Medien: 1 |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 21:11:49 @shawnhooper those 56k hippie youngsters need to get off our lawn dammit! |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 21:12:46 @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman same, and I still hear the music in my head to some games I played on the Commodore 64 |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:30:04 @Janeishly @TheLancashireman Honestly, I was jealous you had a Gateway 3000. All I had access to was a Gateway 2000. 😆 |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:44:42 @vertigo @TheLancashireman Ha, I didn't - I just thought it fitted with the quote! |
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Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:42:02 @Janeishly @TheLancashireman You mean 2400? But I actually used an acoustic coupler at 300 bps. I know the reason for line oriented editors. |
