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From: David Lamb
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:41

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On 02/08/2013 6:58 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> 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).

Are you sure about that, Rin? 110 baud was 10 characters per second, or 
100 "words" per minute ("word" meaning 5 characters and a space in the 
usual typing speed tests). 300 baud would be around 300 wpm, an inhuman 
typing rate.

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From: David Lamb <dal...@cs.queensu.ca>
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Subject: Re: Steam is a place...
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