anyone remember the first rendition of the Heart of Tennessee BBS (HOTBBS) when it was a single phone line on a 40char column RS color computer at 110 baud!?!? :-) I think was '82 or timeframe. I suppose that dates me a little too much!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Peterson Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 08:07 To: [email protected] Subject: [nlug] Re: 1964 Accoustic Modem I remember geeking out over the 1200 baud in the early '80s. Since I'm stuck with dial-up at home, I'm pretty happy with a 40K "connection speed." But then I come to work and lament that fact..... On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 07:17 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: Yes, 110Baud for 10 characters per second was more normal. My first home modem was a surplus accoustic coupler from a TI Silent 700 that I riged up to work with my Altair 8800. ... Blazing speed. Later I graduated to a DC Hayes modem board kit When Dennis was selling them himself from Atlanta, but for the price, the acoustic coupler worked well. IHS ... Jack On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: http://www.snotr.com/video/2706 the good ole days... :) I read this yesterday and it blew my socks off. 300 Baud was a VERY fast connection speed in those days. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
