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Heh. "1200 baud was the best money could buy and on sale for only $279.00!" I bought my first 1200 baud modem for more than twice that! The Hayes Smartmodem
by anonymousiam 5y ago
Heh. "1200 baud was the best money could buy and on sale for only $279.00!"
I bought my first 1200 baud modem for more than twice that! The Hayes Smartmodem 1200 was $599 at the time of my purchase. It was a great upgrade from the Novation D-Cat (300 baud) modem that I had been using.
I seem to remember that BBS operators were given a significant discount by the modem vendors. This makes good sense because it drives product demand.
- justinlloyd 5y agoMiracom did indeed have a hefty BBS SysOp discount. Less than half price for their modems, in limited quantity, though the application process was somewhat lengthy. My first modem was a 300/300 acoustic coupler. Then later a 1200/75, and then a little later, a Hayes 1200/1200.