kapkomet Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/0...lready-died.ars Yikes. I remember it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Texsox Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) But what happened if the dinosaurs ate the punch cards or stepped on the main frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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