The end of the token ring era?

Posted May 19, 2012 0:17 UTC (Sat) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246)
In reply to: The end of the token ring era? by giraffedata
Parent article: The end of the token ring era?

Heh. You must be slightly older than I. Bell 103 was introduced to the world in 1962, about 13 years before I was. ;-)

Speaking of crappy modem stories: Unfortunately for me, I didn't have a proper phone more my acoustic modem. I had one of those "flat-phones" that became so popular in the late 80s, the kind that was all integrated in the handset, with a little flip-out mic that served as the "latch hook."

So, needless to say, it didn't make a very good acoustic seal with the modem, so I had to be very quiet while using the modem. Meanwhile, everyone in the house could hear the carrier tone coming out of the modem. (90 year old farmhouse w/ almost zilch for insulation.) The "good" old days.

I remember almost getting banned from an BBS with that modem for downloading a 15K GIF. The SysOp didn't mind me doing text-only on there because 30CPS isn't too much slower than reading speed. Tying up the line for ~15 minutes for an ugly GIF -- call back when I get a faster modem. (Ideally, it would only take ~500 seconds to dl. a 15K GIF, but XModem sucks pretty hard.)