[windsorknot]

Compuserve was hooked up to the Internet in the 80s.

I remember downloading at blazing speeds with my 300 baud modem.

[Cementjungle]

I remember downloading at blazing speeds with my 300 baud modem.

Those were the days!!! My $400 modem (300 baud was indeed speedy), printing on my $1,000 printer (dot matrix), and even being able to save files on my spiffy new $500 hard drive (10 megabyte Pluc Hardcard drive).

[antiRepublicrat]

I remember downloading at blazing speeds with my 300 baud modem.

So do I. Strange that it was normal to watch text disply slowly across the screen. Even funnier that this behavior is often duplicated in movies where supposedly much higher tech is being used.