I remember a consultant back then who advised farmers to stay with 300 "because rural phone lines can't handle 1200 baud."
Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahh... 1200 Baud... back when I first thought "Wow, this is > scrolling by almost faster than I can read it!" > > I just acquired that warm nostalgic feeling. > > Andy > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected] > > wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
