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To: MikeWUSAF

Mike Those are great screen shots.

If you had 300 baud you were one hot mo’fo. Then of course came dizzying speeds of 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600.

http://www.bbshistory.org/

Look at some old internet art of bbs and other fora

http://www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/art/

I hope you have memorized the The Hayes Modem Command Set:
http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdenetwork/kppp/appendix-hayes-commands.html


32 posted on 09/03/2009 12:24:51 PM PDT by Sparko (Obama & Czars: neutering the American Voter, perverting the Constitution, all on our dime.)
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To: Sparko
OMG! The Hayes command set! I almost forgot!

I may only be 32 but can say I've worked on these:

Disk Packs


Reel Tape Drives


Lantastic Networks


Young folks have no appreciation for what is going on inside there computers and the 1's and 0's that are flawlessly flying about...
34 posted on 09/03/2009 12:35:36 PM PDT by TSgt (I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
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