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the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:22 am
by IbPervert (imported)
http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmodem/
Talk about bringing back the memories...ahhh the old days of dail up!
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:31 am
by fhunter
Old days of dialup.... clicks of modem (no tone dialing in Russia), determining connection speed by the sound. Noisy lines... 56k was a big luck... more like 21600
Memories, memories of university, liberating few phone lines and setting up free dialup.
PS. Not so old days here. I switched from dialup to the local network in 2005.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:50 am
by Rusty Dai (imported)
That doesn't seem long enough. I seem to remember the process taking much longer, with more noises etc.
Glad it is over though.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 pm
by HairyHarry (imported)
Back to dial-up speeds at times here, on broadband, in Wales, last night it was 5.6kBytes/sec, Youtube, and similar video services, are impossible to watch. We need a full fibre-optic network to the room.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:27 pm
by tugon (imported)
Hey I am still enjoying Windows 98 and dial up. On the other side of the apartment is Windows Vista and RoadRunner Turbo. Of course I still own a turntable and my watches are mechanical. My idea of a GPS is the foldable variety. My idea of downloading music is to go down to the store and buy a compact disc or a vinyl record. Of course I love my I Phone!
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:02 pm
by fhunter
Will it help? It's provider's channel to the internet that matters.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:49 pm
by OneBallBoi (imported)
Two party lines were more fun.. You could listen into the other persons conversation.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:10 pm
by gandalf (imported)
OneBallBoi (imported) wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:49 pm
Two party lines were more fun.. You could listen into the other persons conversation.
Two Party? I remember when we were on a six (yes 6) party line. Not only that, I remember the old wall crank phone line on some of the old sitcoms. Never used one but my relatives did.
Everyone now has a 7 DIGIT number. I remember when our phone prefix was SUnset5-3609. That was many moons ago. That was actually 7 but you had to look the SU prefix up on the dial face.
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:15 pm
by Ernie of Maine (imported)
What are you toking about old days of dail up?:-\ Ernie
Re: the old days of dail up!
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:38 am
by kristoff
Sorry! You still have your 300 Baud modem in use?
What are you toking about old days of dail up?:-\ Ernie