Boy you wouldn't believe the sizes of those amoebas back in my day, you young whippersnappers. We all lived in this big huge ocean but we abided that large land mass. It really tied the planet together back then.
On January 7, 2015 6:38:29 AM AKST, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >You’ll be sorry after the zombie apocalypse, when Chuck and I are >roasting smilodon over an open fire while checking email on our 300 >baud modems. > >From: Adam Moffett >Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 9:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [AFMUG] double emails > >Oh boy, it's the "which of one of us can remember the oldest thing" >contest. > >Do you remember when you had to hunt smilodon with a flint spearhead? >Boy those were the days eh? > > >I remember running Fortran programs on Tymshare from a teletype over >dialup, with the phone handset sitting in the modem. You’d wait for >hours, wondering if it was still working, tempted to pick up the >handset and listen if there was still modem tone. > >I also remember using a Silent 700 terminal, the latest model with a >1200 baud modem, and thinking it was great stuff. > >I had an ISDN-BRI line at home for awhile, with Internet from PSINet >(now part of Cogent). > > > From: Chuck McCown > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 9:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] double emails > > I remember 300 baud modems that were 4 wire E&M connections. > > From: Rex-List Account > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 6:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] double emails > >Dude I remember my 300 baud modem that cost an arm and leg and had to >wait because it was special order only and then > >when I got I had to register it with the local phone company before I >was allowed to attach it to THEIR phone line. Thirty plus > >years ago and lead to a rather lucrative career at the phone company. >Aw the good old days. Late nights cruising the BBS’s > >and thousand dollar a month long distance phone bills. Back when rates >where time of day and distance based. None of this > > flat rate calling. Anyone besides me remember Compuserve? > > > >From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Vander Dussen > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 7:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] double emails > > > >Dude I remember how excited I was when I got home from school and heard >this as I dialed out to BBS.. I had my new fancy Practical Peripherals >14.4 external so you could set it next to your PS/2 and watch the >lights.. so much fun! (: > > > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Prince > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 15:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] double emails > > > > All I get is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0 > >bp<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 1/6/2015 3:39 PM, Chuck Macenski >wrote: > > Maybe you need to turn off local echo? > > > > JJuusstt aa tthhoouugghhtt...... > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not me. > > You must be special. > > > > From: Erich Kaiser > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 4:57 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [AFMUG] double emails > > > > I am getting double emails from afmug now, since this morning... > > > > > > > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
