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This nostalgia-laced post deserves an upvote just for the closing <grin>. I thought that was lost to the ages... I miss my 9600 Baud Hayes external modem...
by basilgohar 7y ago
This nostalgia-laced post deserves an upvote just for the closing <grin>. I thought that was lost to the ages...
I miss my 9600 Baud Hayes external modem...
Kids these days won't understand the feeling that you got when the modem connection noise sounded right, and you knew you were going to get a good speed, and when it sounded off – even though you eventually connected at a certain speed, you didn't trust it...
- simonblack 7y agoI miss my 9600 Baud Hayes external modem... 9600! Looxery, Lad! For many years 300 baud was the maximum I had. Then 1200, 2400, and at long last 9600! And those damned things were hundreds of dollars. deserves an upvote just for the closing <grin> One of the local UUCP group mentioned above habitually used <smirk>. :)
- DonHopkins 7y agoI remember when modems cost about a dollar per baud: 300 for $300, 1200 for $1200.