LOL! Worked great during the day but you've got to use lanterns at night :)
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappydsl.net> wrote: > Hmmm.... you forgot about the Smoke Signals... > > They would do almost 3 rpm........ (three rings per min !) > > But one had to climb a tall location and collect the wood and light a > fire... > > :) > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet& Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, Fl 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net > > > On 7/13/2010 1:56 PM, Fred Goldstein wrote: >> At 7/13/2010 01:42 PM, Bob West wrote: >> >>> Oh, really? So I've told you about my Zoom Telephonic Experience back in >>> 1989 all over a darned 2400 baud modem? >>> >>> >> >> >> >>> I'm still pissed. >>> >>> Bob- >>> >> Y'all are too young. >> >> Back in 1965, when I first saw it, DTSS apparently had a network of >> multidrop leased lines (voice-grade) using FDM multiplexors to >> support a whole heap of 33ASR Teletypes at different schools. The >> 33ASR was smokin' hot at 110 baud (we didn't need no stinkin' bps >> yet). In the 1970s, IBM wired up whole banks that way, with >> multidrop llnes at 2400 or maybe if you were lucky 9600 bps. >> >> We were well ahead of that in the early 1980s, when I was at DEC, >> which was probably the most networked company in the world at the >> time. Office buildings full of engineers had a few lightning-fast >> 14,400 bps modems, with 56 kbps links between the computers in the >> same room before Ethernet took over (around 1983). I had a >> CompUServe account for a little while. It was $3/hour at 300 bps, >> $9/hour at 1200 bps. Guess which one I used.. >> >> And my take-away is that at each step of the way, at each time, that >> was seen as the cat's pajamas. And we got a lot done with it. >> >> >> -- >> Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com >> ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ >> +1 617 795 2701 >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
