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I played MUDs on a 1200 baud modem, and I was at a distinct disadvantage. Going to 9600 was incredible.

by User23 8y ago

pmoriarty 8y ago
MUDs are actually still around, and the more popular ones are still going strong. I went on a MUD binge recently, and got a good dose of nostalgia. Check out The MUD Connector, if you're interested. https://www.mudconnect.com/ https://www.mudconnect.com/
- jacobush 8y ago
  I think basically all art forms will for now on live on forever. Someone will always be programming an Atari 2600, play a MUD, or paint in oil on a canvas.
aedron 8y ago
I lived out several years of my youth at 1200 baud. The word "U.S. Robotics" was like porn to me.
- linker3000 8y ago
  In the early days, I had a Miracle Technology WS2000 with manual, rotary knobs to select speeds (all the way from 300 to 1200bps), plus a manual connect/disconnect knob, so making a connection consisted of dialing the BBS number, listening for the tones and putting the modem online. Unfortunately, my modem had a sticky phone line relay and so to disconnect the call the procedure was: turn knob, listen for click, thump modem a couple of times just in case, lift phone and check for dial tone. Pic here, although mine was an even earlier model with a brown case: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/86/46/product-88646.jpg http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/86/...
  - pmoriarty 8y ago
    Manual, rotary knobs remind me of phones with manual, rotary dials. They were everywhere through the entire 20th Century, but now there are plenty of people who've never seen them in their entire life, and of course youtube videos of kids being laughed at by their parents when they're forced to try to figure out how to use them. That's something else we didn't have back then: humiliating videos of ourselves -- recorded by our family, no less -- broadcast to the whole world. I don't blame the kids for failing, though. The dialing mechanism of such phones is clearly not very intuitive.
C1sc0cat 8y ago
I recall getting a Beta or Alpha version of the new 2400+ modems from a colleague (Cthulu who rank Arkham Asylum) who worked with me in Tymnet - they had sent a batch as possible upgrades for Shades. I actually used it for work for a few years for dialling in from home.

I played MUDs on a 1200 baud modem, and I was at a distinct disadvantage. Going to 9600 was incredible.

by User23 8y ago

I played MUDs on a 1200 baud modem, and I was at a distinct disadvantage. Going to 9600 was incredible.

MUDs are actually still around, and the more popular ones are still going strong. I went on a MUD binge recently, and got a good dose of nostalgia. Check out The MUD Connector, if you're interested. https://www.mudconnect.com/ https://www.mudconnect.com/

jacobush 8y ago
I think basically all art forms will for now on live on forever. Someone will always be programming an Atari 2600, play a MUD, or paint in oil on a canvas.

aedron 8y ago

I lived out several years of my youth at 1200 baud. The word "U.S. Robotics" was like porn to me.

linker3000 8y ago
In the early days, I had a Miracle Technology WS2000 with manual, rotary knobs to select speeds (all the way from 300 to 1200bps), plus a manual connect/disconnect knob, so making a connection consisted of dialing the BBS number, listening for the tones and putting the modem online. Unfortunately, my modem had a sticky phone line relay and so to disconnect the call the procedure was: turn knob, listen for click, thump modem a couple of times just in case, lift phone and check for dial tone. Pic here, although mine was an even earlier model with a brown case: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/86/46/product-88646.jpg http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/86/...
- pmoriarty 8y ago
  Manual, rotary knobs remind me of phones with manual, rotary dials. They were everywhere through the entire 20th Century, but now there are plenty of people who've never seen them in their entire life, and of course youtube videos of kids being laughed at by their parents when they're forced to try to figure out how to use them. That's something else we didn't have back then: humiliating videos of ourselves -- recorded by our family, no less -- broadcast to the whole world. I don't blame the kids for failing, though. The dialing mechanism of such phones is clearly not very intuitive.

C1sc0cat 8y ago

I recall getting a Beta or Alpha version of the new 2400+ modems from a colleague (Cthulu who rank Arkham Asylum) who worked with me in Tymnet - they had sent a batch as possible upgrades for Shades. I actually used it for work for a few years for dialling in from home.