Subj : CMDTIME
To : Robert Bull
From : Bob Ackley
Date : Sun Jul 27 2003 09:19 pm
Replying to a message of Robert Bull to Bob Ackley:
RB> Hello, Bob;
RB> 23 Jun 03 01:05, Bob Ackley wrote to Robert Bull:
RB>>> Fledgling - _I_ started with a 1200/75 modem :-))
BA>> Hmph. a new guy.<g> I still have my Hayes 300 bps Smartmodem. I
BA>> *upgraded* to 1200 bps back around 1983 (memory fades). and to 2400
BA>> bps in the late 1980s.
RB> Apologies for long-delayed reply, I've been away, and summer is always
RB> busy.
RB> Oops :-)) Yes, I only started in about 1988. Never had to struggle
RB> with one of those acoustic couplers, either.
I did, but it wasn't mine. Back around 1982 one of the local colleges set up a
'computer lab' in the base education center. Three Apple II's w/acoustic
couplers to the computer on campus.
That is long gone, and the local community college has a complete lab there
now, part of the college's WAN - which encompasses a pretty good chunk of
eastern Nebraska, IIRC there are five campuses.
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* Origin: Bob's Soapbox, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, USA (1:379/103.104)
