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Article #720104Re: Steam is a place...
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 13:38
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 13:38
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On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 06:55:53 -0400, "Chuck" <chuck....@comcast.net> wrote: >"Rin Stowleigh" wrote in message >news:qr7rv8drd7kilonv8jugqlastk41ml1l37@4ax.com... >>Anyone who used 300 baud modems and typed reasonably fast knows what I >>mean. You would sit there and transfer the thought from brain to >>fingertips then sit back and watch the screen catch up with your >>typing (each backspace to correct typos would get replayed as if >>watching a slow motion video). If you were a hunt-n-peck or otherwise >>slow typist, it might never bother you. >>Then of course there was the issue that 300 baud was slower than many >>folks' normal reading speed. >I remember those days. > >Chuck Some of us take drugs to forget those days. ;-) I may have a vague nostalgia for the simplicity of those older machines, where if it broke or if you needed it to do something, you could probably manage to figure out on your own. But the ease-of-use and speed that modern machines provide more than make up for it. I'm glad no longer required to use those Dark Age machines...
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