On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:02:55 -0500, eb <nobody@no_one.com> wrote:
>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
BBS stands for Bulletin Board System, But I can't remember (I have
that problem a lot) what software I used. I started on AOL and
struggled to keep what I downloaded because I only had a 40 meg hard
drive but 40 meg was hot shit back then.
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