> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Carl Galgano wrote:
>
>> 1200 was blazing fast..... What about 300 baud.
>> I recall connecting an Apple II to a SUNY (Fredonia) Burroughs B4700 via
>> a
>> 300 baud modem. 2400 seemed like the pinnacle of computing and I thought
>> 9600 would be the best we would ever get. Those were the days..... NOT!
>
> Heh. I'll see your 300 baud and raise you 110 baud on an ASR33 Teletype.
Hell, just getting two computers to talk to each other was a black art
then, requiring one high priest, six acolytes and the sacrifice of three
goats and one virgin.
Thank goodness for technology...you could never do this today without it.
The PETA people would crucify you if you so much as looked at a goat and
virgins are incredibly scarce.
MCM
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