The age of dinosaurs

[pitmonkey]

Here is when the fun began. An 1988 phone modem, it's shows what fun we had just to get on the INTERNET (At that time very basic) no plug and play. How many remember jumpers and switches to configure everything
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[fma_fanatic]

Oh wow. I couldn't help a chuckle that he got it in the "free box" at a yard sale.

Talk about old school. We had one in our "computer room" at my elementary school that would let us dial into an educational bbs.

[Racket_Man]

I started out (around 1982 or 3) on a 300bps modem in my Apple][+ AND remember the days when most BBSs had only a single line in---meaning that only one user could be on a BBS at any time (at that time most BBSs were run by people out of their homes). some of the "bigger" BBSs did have multi-line capability but those were usually pay boards

[draggar]

I still have my 300 baud for my C=64.

BBS's on a single line - those were the good ole' days. One "high end" BBS that I use had FIVE lines and a chat room!

There was also a small network of BBSs in my area - they had computers in several towns that would talk to each other - you could send a message (email) from one town to another town.

[Dips]

My father started a business in our home. He used a modem to dial into the mini-computer owned by his partner in another town.

This was in 1975. He cut circles from file folders and inserted them into the cups to help with the noise/signal ratio. Some days he needed only one, other days two or more depending on how the phone lines were acting.

And God forbid if he forgot to put signs on the other extensions and you accidentally picked up another phone and killed his transmission. Ah, childhood memories.