I dunno. but i recall dialing into compuserve to check the "internet" logging off and going back to the various BBS around town for games. Then we got an actual local ISP. Then that ISP supported ISDN. Then they supported multi ISDN. i recall jumping from 1200 baud to 7200, then 14.4, then 28.8, then 33.6, then 56k. jumpers and dip switches. god damn hardware used to take effort sometimes to make it work. I had a 5 digit icq#
I dont feel ancient. I just realize I got to live through a interesting time from some perspectives.
The internet will never be like that again.
The 14.4 baud speed was amazing, but when 28.8 came along, we all thought we were flying in a jet plane. We could actually download a piece of software in under two hours, sometimes.
I was fortunate enough to get to cheat the system in those days.
I met the guy who started the ISP, he was friends with one of my friends. He gave me a job going in and changing the backup tapes out on all the computers in the office every night.
I had 2 hours a night to sit right at the head of the t1, and download anything i could find.
The bitch was transport. then that writable CD hit... solved. I still have some of those old written CDs from those days.
I dont feel ancient. I just realize I got to live through a interesting time from some perspectives.
The internet will never be like that again.
Same here, although my first modem was a 300 BUAD Hayes, and I remember I was stoked to get my hands on a copy of AOHell.
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