"dr. who?" <noemail@none.com> wrote in news:XnsA6D75BFECB827bgmailc@
69.16.179.39:
> BigC <BigC@rochester.rr.com> wrote in
> news:n4df4cdl4ficse4slma6s8dn16ilnv0j4i@4ax.com:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I believe any browser could connect to a BBS portal.
> Nestscape was the one I used. I do not rememmber using a specific
> program, I was about to say app ;-)
> If you needed any specific informatiion about a subject, a users
manual,
> windows help, microchip specs, computer system specs, etc. you went to
a
> specific BBS.
> d.w?
>
The way it worked, each BBS had its own phone number.
You dial that phone number and the modem would connect you to the
site.Then you would use the browser to see what is available.
Strictly text oriented.
What a different world we live in today.
d,w?
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