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I used to dialin to Pine (and Lynx) at 1200bps. If I remember correctly, I could read about as fast as the words came to screen. If you're just saving for readi
by Scoundreller 3y ago
I used to dialin to Pine (and Lynx) at 1200bps. If I remember correctly, I could read about as fast as the words came to screen. If you're just saving for reading later, 5kbps is tons for email.
- throwaway128128 3y agoIt's really hard to do on modern operating systems. Too many services that will dogpile a low bandwidth link once they see that a network adapter is up.
- Scoundreller 3y agoTripMode on Mac is supposed to fix this.