On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:12:12 -0700, sf > wrote:

>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.

It wasn't a brag, sf. Just a note of interest. It was a real challenge
to accomplish then, what we take for granted today.