I think I still have an original Smartmodem 300 around here somewhere. I live 8-10 miles from the Hayes HQs back in the day, know several people who worked there in the glory days. Went to some awesome Comdex and other parties.
I go back to BBS on Commodore 64 days. When we went to 1200 baud and then 2400, we were over the moon! I could do great things with DOS, had my own little BBS, we had a blast back then. Another lifetime. 1980’s, 90’s...