On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:11:44 -0600, C_Ya <cum-one@cum-all.edu> wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:53:18 -0600, Old Geek
><eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:43:06 -0500, eb <nobody@no_one.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:19:13 -0600, 'YoYo' <abmea_YoYo@hotmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:12:37 -0600, C_Ya <cum-one@cum-all.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:44:02 -0600, Old Geek
>>>>><eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:22:22 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Old Geek <eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>news:nues3cldvbi7oe3d4mq6dlots2nblua2d7@4ax.com:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My internet connection is going about 500k right now instead of the
>>>>>>>> usual 100mbps.
>>>>>>>> Hopefully that gets corrected by tomorrow so I can get back to
>>>>>>>> posting...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> EG.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>500k. Remember the days when that would have been blaingly fast?
>>>>>>>d.w?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I do remember, all too well:) Heck there was a time the 56k was really
>>>>>>fast!
>>>>>>I have become quite spoiled with the speeds I can now get though...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>EG.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Ahhh. remember the 14.4, 28.8 dial up daze...
>>>>>
>>>>>lol
>>>>>
>>>>>-CYa
>>>>
>>>>You're a youngster... I remember my first US Robotics 300 baud modem!
>>>>It might still be in a box somewhere! I think I had an accoustical
>>>>modem of some sort, too, even before that.
>>>>
>>>>YY
>>>I remember connecting to CompuServe and having to choose from the 300
>>>baud rate @$6/hour and 1200-2400 baud @ $12.00/hr.
>>>
>>>Like you, YY, I am also a dinosauer...lol
>>>
>>>eb
>>
>>I have an old 300baud accoustical modem too.
>>Then I jumped to a 2400 fax modem, it took a while to convince the
>>wife it was worth it. Never told her I was going to hook up to pron
>>bbs sites :)
>>
>>EG.
>
>
>My ohh my, how times have changed.
Hey, let's run a dinosauer quiz; "Elder Geek" used the term "bbs" in
his reply to moi; can any of you "youngsters" tells us what a "bbs"
was, what it was used for, and what software you used to connect to
it?
A genuine, Marvell Comics. Stan Lee "No Prize" will be given to anyone
with the correct answer...lol
eb
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