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On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than >>> it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of
games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day).
Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than >> it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of
games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day).
Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Can't use if for email anymore though, since all the email sites want a >security protocol it doesn't do.
Xocyll
Being fascinated with BBSes and finding one with a link to USENET?
Binaries?
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:16:58 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than
it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type!
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of
games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day).
Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned
off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included
it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet?
I never heard it.
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:16:58 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than >>>>> it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type!
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of
games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day).
Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned
off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included
it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet?
I never heard it.
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:23:29 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:16:58 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than
it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type!
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of >>>>> games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit >>>>> slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day). >>>>> Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned
off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I
learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included
it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet?
I never heard it.
No, not the modem connection audio. The line noises that lag and even
disconnect your connections. If the dial-up modem didn't have error
corrections like my 2400 modems, then you get bunch of characters on
screen if using text mode connections like in BBSes with terminal
clients like $^UY&HW24tr856g65 (pretend some of these are extended ASCII
characters too). :(
Oh, that.
I was fairly lucky; I never had significant problems with line noise
(then again, as noted, the majority of my modeming-years were in an
era where modems _did_ have built-in era correction).
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:23:29 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:16:58 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:07:34 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than
it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type!
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of >> >> games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day). >> >> Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned
off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I
learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included
it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet?
I never heard it.
No, not the modem connection audio. The line noises that lag and even >disconnect your connections. If the dial-up modem didn't have error >corrections like my 2400 modems, then you get bunch of characters on
screen if using text mode connections like in BBSes with terminal
clients like $^UY&HW24tr856g65 (pretend some of these are extended ASCII >characters too). :(
Oh, that.
I was fairly lucky; I never had significant problems with line noise
(then again, as noted, the majority of my modeming-years were in an
era where modems _did_ have built-in era correction). Disconnects were actually fairly uncommon for me. And software existed to automatically
redial if there was a disconnect, so even when it did happen it wasn't
more than a momentary annoyance.
Maybe it was more of an issue on the Apple ][; I really don't
remember. It may or may not have had error-correction; I have no idea
as to the specs or capability of the modem I used. (I dont' even know
the brand). But, I think, between the wonderousness of just being
able to connect to another computer, and the fact that I didn't make
much use of the thing, I've no recollection as to how often I had to
redial because my connection got unceremoniously dumped whilst
browsing some BBS. It may have happened -it probably did- but it
didn't stick with me as some tremendous disadvantage.
Honestly, given the limited capability of the Apple ][, the computer
probably froze long before the line noise had a chance to kill any connection. ;-)
We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than
it sent letters.
That's like 300 speed. ;)
Depends on how fast you can type :-)
300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists.
I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type!
And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of
games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit
slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for
downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the
original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day). >>> Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and
that would be it for the night ;-)
Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned
off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included
it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet?
I never heard it.
Then you were never properly IN the dial-up era of the Internet!!
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:30:27 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Binaries?
Binaries are definitely still a thing on Usenet and it is safer then torrents. But I am more curious as to why anyone significantly younger
then me would come to Usenet for messaging groups though.