Subj : Re: Comm 4.61?
To   : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
From : Andy Barber
Date : Sun May 13 2001 10:55 am

Hi WAYNE

-=>> ANDY BARBER wrote to ED VANCE <=-
 WC>>>-=> ED VANCE wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-
 AB>> ~#~Snip~#~
 WC>>>I downloaded it with a 14,400 modem, some 17 Megs IIRC.
 EV>> Wayne, You are a Patient Man.
 AB>> When I first went on the Internet in 1996 with Netscape 0.96
 AB>> & a 2400 modem, it took 20 minutes to download
 AB>> www.whitehouse.gov. I disconnected straight away & bought a
 AB>> 14k4 the next day - it cost 115.00 Quid!
 WC> Ha, when I first hooked up to Tampa Bay Computer Societies
 WC> BBS I was using the builtin Packard Bell daughterboard 2400
 WC> which was barely adaquate for a BBS.
 WC> In 1996 I hooked up to the net with a noname brand hardware
 WC> modem I bought for 46 dollars U.S., I'm still using that same
 WC> modem and it works in DOS and Linux as well as Windows.

Ha, Ha! I used a 12/75 modem from 1984 till 1994. This is 75 baud upload  - 
very slow!

Regards
Andy Barber
Sun 13 May 2001 17:55

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