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Robert J. Brown wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael A Endsley <me@corecom.net> writes:
> 
>     >>> Skip - been wasting a lot of time at all hours trying to do
>     >>> some work!!
>     >>  -- If you remember gopher, veronica, archie, ftp and using
>     >> differant programs for everything(including email) - YOUR OLD!
>     >>
>     Michael> Not only do I have and still use them, I also still have
>     Michael> a cartridge for my C64 that is 300 baud!  NO, I DON'T USE
>     Michael> IT!  :)
> 
> I still have in a box somewhere among all this compujunk a PMMI S-100
> modem -- the same as the one that Ward Christensen wrote the original
> xmodem protocol for.  It was rated 300 baud, but on a clean line, you
> could crank it up to 720 baud.  Now that was really cooking, circa
> 1979.
> 
> I also worked with the 202-C half duplex 1200 baud modems in 1971, and
> the 2000 baud bisync modems on an IBM 2780 remote batch terminal in
> 1969.  We have come a loooooonnnnnnnnggggggggg way.

I have 4 or 5 XT's around here someplace.  One has a 40meg HD, 1 meg ram
and a color cga card.  When new what was it they said?  Oh, yeah what
are you gonna do with that?  You'll never fill the HD, color is a waste
and 1meg, 512k is all you need(640k if you like a margin).  Login at
school on one of the 200 terminals(300 baud from home 25 user limit,
thank you) for 25000 students and staff.  Remember when the only
computer time was the 3am slot?

> I am now working on a board for a client that has 168 T1 lines coming
> into it and drops it all onto a 20 GB/sec ATM switching fabric.  Now
> thats cooking, 1997 style!
> 

That might be sufficent;) ;)

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