On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:35:43 -0400, Landon > wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:36:07 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>
> >I remember before the Internet fully flowered, I was on CompuServe at
> >300 baud. 30 cps (circa 1985).
>
> That was also my first modem speed. The old Bell 300 was and probably
> is still the most reliable data transferring device via modem. It's
> error checking was superb and you could count on it picking up at its
> last place on recurring downloads.
>
> We all bought the 2400, 4800, 9600, then 14.400 and 28.800 to 33.600
> Baud to the current 56K modems and then onto the high speed stuff that
> exists today.
>
> My very first GUI's were done on a 9600. GUIs didn't exist yet, but I
> made tiny ones to do tasks for fun. If I'd only known...
>
>
Honestly, I don't think that's anything to be bragging about. I
suffered through all that too, including compuserv - but I don't look
back at those times with anything other than relief.


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