Damn! It's been 15 years!

RawAlex · 05-09-2009

Danny, congrats on 15 years. For those of us who have been in this a long, long time, we will remember things like acoustic couplers, 110 baud, and in the case of Montreal, the very first BBS in Canada (and only the second or third in north america) called MicroDial, which was based in a computer store in Decarie Square. 300 baud (high speed!), but because of the old phone system, if someone forgot to hang up their connection (many modems were push the button to connect, push to disconnect with no speaker to hear), people could stay connected for hours with no way for the BBS to flush the line, even if it hung up.

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05-09-2009	#14
RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: Damn! It's been 15 years! Danny, congrats on 15 years. For those of us who have been in this a long, long time, we will remember things like acoustic couplers, 110 baud, and in the case of Montreal, the very first BBS in Canada (and only the second or third in north america) called MicroDial, which was based in a computer store in Decarie Square. 300 baud (high speed!), but because of the old phone system, if someone forgot to hang up their connection (many modems were push the button to connect, push to disconnect with no speaker to hear), people could stay connected for hours with no way for the BBS to flush the line, even if it hung up. Downloading JPGs at slow enough speeds that you might only get one small image per session online. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds