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If it wasn't for Trumpet Winsock, I'd never have learned how to use Gopher. (I see your old reference and I raise you - now raise or fold - there is no call.)
by sachinag 18y ago
If it wasn't for Trumpet Winsock, I'd never have learned how to use Gopher. (I see your old reference and I raise you - now raise or fold - there is no call.)
- nostrademons 18y agoI dialed into a VAX on a 1200 bps modem and used Gopher from the terminal.
- wallflower 18y agoMy parents got really pissed when I ran up a $250+ bill on CompuServe, dialing in on my C-64's MiteyMo 300 baud modem. Now that was an experience - most people can type faster than 300 baud!
- shiro 18y agoThere was a joke soft called 'sl' circulating among Japanese universities (I don't know if it went out abroad). It just showed an ascii art animation of a steam locomotive running across the screen. It was irritating, though, when you mistyped while logged in a Unix machine via a 1200baud modem...
- cstejerean 18y agosl is still around, and at a minimum easily installable on Ubuntu (apt-get install sl)