July 8, 200916 yr http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/0...lready-died.ars Yikes. I remember it well.
July 8, 200916 yr My on-line history dialing in to boards ExecPC (Milwaukee), The Well (San Fran), etc. huge long distance bills even on a blazing fast 1200 baud modem > GEnie > Prodigy > CompuServe > AOL > Earthlink > ATT > Road Runner In some ways I really miss the pioneering feeling of dialing into modems.
July 8, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 09:58 PM) My on-line history dialing in to boards ExecPC (Milwaukee), The Well (San Fran), etc. huge long distance bills even on a blazing fast 1200 baud modem > GEnie > Prodigy > CompuServe > AOL > Earthlink > ATT > Road Runner In some ways I really miss the pioneering feeling of dialing into modems. I remember flying at 300 baud modem rates. Well. God love that Commodore 64...
July 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) I remember flying at 300 baud modem rates. Well. God love that Commodore 64... Vic20 with a cassette tape storage drive.
July 8, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 06:36 AM) Vic20 with a cassette tape storage drive. Yep, remember those well too. Of course, I remember those damn mainframes and punch cards at my dad's work.
July 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:33 AM) Yep, remember those well too. Of course, I remember those damn mainframes and punch cards at my dad's work. But what happened if the dinosaurs ate the punch cards or stepped on the main frame?
July 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) But what happened if the dinosaurs ate the punch cards or stepped on the main frame?
July 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) But what happened if the dinosaurs ate the punch cards or stepped on the main frame? they would just have to start over. i suppose it was just one of the many dangers of computing back then.
July 8, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) But what happened if the dinosaurs ate the punch cards or stepped on the main frame? That's about how I'm starting to feel these days.
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