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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Jul 26 07:15:49 2006, in response to Re: Pic: blast from the past, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Jul 26 07:07:34 2006. Amateurs! Heh.110 baud was "high speed" with suction cups that you put the phone in (55 baud was "regular") and we were overjoyed that a suction cup jobbie could be had at Rat Shack for $200 when 300 baud came along ... that one was featured in the film "War Games" ... Ran a multiline BBS back in the early 80's featuring TTY, 20ma loop, 55, 110 and 300. By the mid 80's, we had to add 1200, 2400 *and* 9600 ... hoopy-scoopy! :) And each of the latter high-speeds had incompatible formats - there was your "HAYES," your "HST," your "COMMODORE" (completely incompatible plus it caused the disk drive to bang its heads to death) and other whackadoodle formats, each requiring an additional phone line and a modem on it to "service the customer." "Can't get there from here" was a way of life in the early days of the BBS realm, and every time you wanted to connect, it was usually a LONG DISTANCE phone call. And you *PAID* ... :( |
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