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From: Chef Kurt on 9 Jul 2010 20:05 On Jul 9, 2:24 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >The fastest thing was a 56 k modem and dial up. I consider myself a computer dunce, but even I was on the internet long before that. My first computer modem measured the speed in something called Baud. I then moved up to a 14.4, then 28.8 and then shelled out the dough for the 56k. I'm not sure who you're trying to impress, but it sure didn't impress me. Geez Don! Kurt
From: Chef Kurt on 9 Jul 2010 20:08 On Jul 9, 2:59 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Just IMHO, ...and tonight it is tuna melt with 2 cheeses, with...ICED > TEA to drink Forget all the drivel I just deleted without reading. Let's get to the important stuff. What kind of cheese? Kurt
From: tom ronson on 9 Jul 2010 20:37 Walt wrote: > Big effin deal. I was communicating on CompuServe and The Source back in 1980 > with a 0.3k modem, yikes --- I recall those days, and the horrific bills you'd get on your per minute charges. (shiver) > Prodigy or Mindspring even existed, oh, I forgot --- these two had nothing to do with the creation of the internet. sure we could joke that AlGore did --- but I'm sure wiki has the time line down better than Donnie does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet > And even farther back, in 1970, I took a > BASIC programming class in high school, where we keyed in our programs on > punch tape. remember the old DEC stuff where you'd toggle switches on the front panel? The Altair 8080 (as I recall) was the first "home" kit. In those days smart asses like me would plant "bombs" on those mighty computers. Something along the lines of a "do loop" and then a call to a non-existent port. I'd be long home and in bed when your overnight program would crash without explanation. lol ah, the good old days. <grin> -- "How can one little Street swallow so many lives?" -- The Offspring, The Kids Aren't Alright --tr
From: Las Vegas Don on 9 Jul 2010 20:49 On Jul 9, 6:05 pm, Chef Kurt <k...(a)kurtopia.net> wrote: > On Jul 9, 2:24 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >The fastest thing was a 56 k modem and dial up. > > I consider myself a computer dunce, but even I was on the internet > long before that. My first computer modem measured the speed in > something called Baud. I then moved up to a 14.4, then 28.8 and then > shelled out the dough for the 56k. I'm not sure who you're trying to > impress, but it sure didn't impress me. Geez Don! > > Kurt Not trying to impress, just make a point Don
From: Las Vegas Don on 9 Jul 2010 20:51
On Jul 9, 6:08 pm, Chef Kurt <k...(a)kurtopia.net> wrote: > On Jul 9, 2:59 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just IMHO, ...and tonight it is tuna melt with 2 cheeses, with...ICED > > TEA to drink > > Forget all the drivel I just deleted without reading. Let's get to the > important stuff. What kind of cheese? > > Kurt Muenster and cheddar!! And tea is not drivel. It is sometimes "dribble", but never drivel :) Don, I just thought I'd add that I am sitting on the toilet in my glory!! |