Subj : Modems
To   : Nightfox
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Sat Apr 01 2023 15:05:12

On 27 Mar 23  18:37:04 Nightfox wrote...

NN>   Re: Palm PDAs   By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Mar 27 2023
NN> 12:42 pm
NN> 
NN>  PF> US Robotics, makers of the modem we all wanted as sysops 
NN> 
NN> I remember US Robotics making internal modems that were still full
NN> hardware modems (when many internal modems were WinModems), but other
NN> than that, what made US Robotics modems stand out?  I had used a
NN> couple of MultiTech modems in the 90s, which I have a bit of a
NN> fondness for now.
NN> 
NN> Nightfox --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux  * Origin: Digital Distortion:
NN> digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137) 

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Now the USR Modems... Bought a Courier off Ebay (well, I have two
actually to have a backup)...

But back in the day, my first "high-speed" modem was a USR Sportster 14.4
that I used for running this very BBS in the 90's!  Great times!


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