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well, do you? My mac doesn't even have the hook up for it... dial up= ?
that would have to suck, especially on a mac...
Why would it just suck on a Mac? Dial-up on any computer would suck...regardless of the brand!
- Nick
all I remember is that I could never get a 56k connection even though I had a 56k modem. Usually would get a 28k I think...wow, I would get stressed with that thing.
I miss the sounds of the modem dialing and the negotiation to connected.
I loved USR Courier externals. Best modems for Sysops and Fidonet hubs.
I go way back with computers and online usage. My first modem was a Commodore VICModem. Horrible thing. You had to have an older phone with the handset cord. Dial the number ON THE PHONE and then yank the HandSet cord out and plug it into the VIC modem. What a pain!
My first decent modem was a Avatex 1200 baud. Had all the AT commands and I had to make up my own RS-232 cable to connect it to the stupid RS-232 interface cartridge of my Commodore 64! It was a pain back then as this was pre internet. I found a book that showed the pin numbers on the DB-25 plug. I still remember 2 was receive and 3 was send and 7 was ground. Forget CTS and RTS, think 3 & 4
I would say that you are dating yourself in this post. Ahhh, the old days.
I remember the screeching noise. I remember when we had a second phone line put in the house so that we could finally use the phone at the same time.
I know what you mean. The internet would not have involved in the way it has if it were not for fast broadband internet speeds. It has become pretty much a requirement nowadays for me like the phone has become for most people. The entertainment part is nice but I wouldn't be able to get some of my work done without the internet and it would make working from home 10 times as hard.I thought the internet would be great for ummmm 'research', but by the time an image had d/loaded I had lost errm...interest!
I also remember those days. It cost us almost as much to have dial-up as it does now with broadband internet when we added the cost of the extra line to our regular dial-up ISP monthly fees.I remember when we had a second phone line put in the house so that we could finally use the phone at the same time.