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Article #282801Re: Quake 2 Models/Skins
From: Computer User
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:38
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:38
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"Tom Chaudoir" <news@clocktech.com> wrote in message news:itcnh1h244g189arjjbt1ucrcdrltjb10t@4ax.com... > > I started at 300 baud. You could read the text as fast as it > downloaded. On a good day, you could tweak all the way up to 305. > > Oh wait. I just lied. > > My first connection was on a big noisy teletype machine. > Pick up phone. > Dial number. > Listen for carrier tone. > Place handset into the cradle on the machine. > > We even had porn, but all in ascii. Print it off. Hang on the wall. > Step back several paces to see it. > > Turn the machine off when not in use. Otherwise noise from the vacuum > cleaner would run all of your paper onto the floor, while typing > random characters. > > It was a big improvement over smoke signals. Damned blankets catch > fire if you don't keep them wet ;-) > > ROFL! Ah, the good old days.
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