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.

Downloading JPGs at slow enough speeds that you might only get one small image per session online.

MRock · 05-09-2009

Congrats Danny! You guys are definately in the books as internet fore-runners and here's to 15 more years.

When I bought my first "media" computer in '97, the saleskid showed us the Carol Cox site as an example for what we told him we were looking to do. He also introduced us to Khy and his crew at a local barmeet and away we went into the interwebs ...

PS. I like to hear these stories of the old technology from you guys. I switched from a 56k modem for personal access to T-1 line to serve our first website. I missed all of the other stuff ...

05-09-2009	#1
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

05-09-2009	#2
MRock Tossing Chairs and Blacking Out. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tampa, FLA Posts: 340	Re: Damn! It's been 15 years! Congrats Danny! You guys are definately in the books as internet fore-runners and here's to 15 more years. When I bought my first "media" computer in '97, the saleskid showed us the Carol Cox site as an example for what we told him we were looking to do. He also introduced us to Khy and his crew at a local barmeet and away we went into the interwebs ... PS. I like to hear these stories of the old technology from you guys. I switched from a 56k modem for personal access to T-1 line to serve our first website. I missed all of the other stuff ... __________________ DD Blonde Amateur Horny DD Milf - Strapongurl - Busty Smoker - Pimping My Music

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