My first IBM PC had a whopping 256k RAM, TWO 5 1/4" double-sided floppy drives, no HDD (that was IBM XT only, just came out, too costly for my blood), a CGA color card and color monitor(!), and a Hayes internal 1200b modem. Truly near-state-of-the-art. Had the XT not been so much more I would have gone for it, and been at the real cutting edge. As it was, my PC, with a wide carriage dot matrix printer, ran nearly $6,00 - in 1984 dollars!
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Kixmoeller/fh > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Man with too much free time > > > On May 29, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > How many of us had the 300 baud modem? > > In 1977 I had a 300 baud TI Silent 700 terminal with which to surf > the company "web." Quite an innovation with its built-in acoustic > coupler. I took it to prospects' offices. A real problem when they > had one of those modern-styled phones without the round mic and > speaker handsets. I had to hold it on the coupler while typing with > the other hand. What a revelation when the 1200 baud modems came out. > Speed! Power! > > Ken > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
