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Article #720100Re: Steam is a place...
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:58
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:58
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On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 07:39:32 +0900, Miles Bader <mi...@gnu.org> wrote: >Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net> writes: >> Be thankful you weren't going online earlier in the 2400 days (or >> earlier.) 56K was SCREAMINGLY fast compared to that. > >... and compared to 300 baud, 2400 was _heaven_... > >[I've played rogue over a 300 baud dialup ... it was ... well.] > >-miles Ah the joys of 300 baud. The data rate could not keep pace with my typing at times (literally). At least the Hayes Smartmodem was a nice upgrade over the acoustic coupler, where a sneeze or other ambient noise could disconnect your connection or at minimum throw a bunch of garbage characters into the data stream for display on the screen.
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