Comments on: Lazy Friday: 300 baud modem from 1964 http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/ Where tact goes to die Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: martymankins http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-48250 martymankins Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:46:57 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-48250 I wanted to see him load up Fark.com. :lmao: Still impressive. Up until 3 years ago, I had a 1200 baud modem that still worked. I bought it in 1985. 20 years and still worked. So this find is very impressive. I wanted to see him load up Fark.com. :lmao:

Still impressive. Up until 3 years ago, I had a 1200 baud modem that still worked. I bought it in 1985. 20 years and still worked. So this find is very impressive.

]]> By: Starfish http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47874 Starfish Sat, 30 May 2009 03:52:04 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47874 Showing my age here, but the first puter I ever used had huge disks and it had to have it's own special room with the AC running all the time. Froze my butt off! This is just a reminder of my old dial up days and makes me want to shove pencils into my ears hearing that tone! Showing my age here, but the first puter I ever used had huge disks and it had to have it’s own special room with the AC running all the time. Froze my butt off!
This is just a reminder of my old dial up days and makes me want to shove pencils into my ears hearing that tone!

]]> By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47871 Coal Miner's Granddaughter Sat, 30 May 2009 02:03:40 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47871 My nipples just got hard. Wow. My nipples just got hard.

Wow.

]]> By: NYCWD http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47869 NYCWD Sat, 30 May 2009 01:42:14 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47869 There's an ATM Machine in the shopping center we go to occasionally that still connects over dial-up. The good old days. There’s an ATM Machine in the shopping center we go to occasionally that still connects over dial-up.

The good old days.

]]> By: furiousball http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47815 furiousball Fri, 29 May 2009 14:01:31 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47815 if i was flavor flav and you were one of my hoes, you'd definitely get a clock, because you know what time it is if i was flavor flav and you were one of my hoes, you’d definitely get a clock, because you know what time it is

]]> By: B.E. Earl http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47812 B.E. Earl Fri, 29 May 2009 13:03:51 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47812 Ahhh...getting a little sentimental for things made in decades past, are we? You know what I'm talking about. ;) Ahhh…getting a little sentimental for things made in decades past, are we?

You know what I’m talking about. ;)

]]> By: cat http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47811 cat Fri, 29 May 2009 12:44:15 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47811 Cool beans. Yeah, that gets my goat, too. Wish fashion, everything. There's too much trash! Let's just hold onto things a little longer... Cool beans. Yeah, that gets my goat, too. Wish fashion, everything. There’s too much trash! Let’s just hold onto things a little longer…

]]> By: Sybil Law http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47809 Sybil Law Fri, 29 May 2009 12:09:12 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47809 That is freaking insane! That is freaking insane!

]]> By: Blondefabulous http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47806 Blondefabulous Fri, 29 May 2009 10:13:41 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47806 I was cleaning a house yesterday and saw these HUGE routers that were really old. I'm talkin' really old IBM's that were as big as my TV. (32") I was thinking to myself, where'd they get those antiques? I was cleaning a house yesterday and saw these HUGE routers that were really old. I’m talkin’ really old IBM’s that were as big as my TV. (32″) I was thinking to myself, where’d they get those antiques?

]]> By: whall http://www.avitable.com/2009/05/29/lazy-friday-300-baud-modem-from-1964/#comment-47793 whall Fri, 29 May 2009 04:42:42 +0000 http://www.avitable.com/?p=2960#comment-47793 I don't understand why people need "broadband" or "highspeed internet". You can't type faster than 1200 baud! (I'm wondering how many people will get this joke) I don’t understand why people need “broadband” or “highspeed internet”.

You can’t type faster than 1200 baud!

(I’m wondering how many people will get this joke)

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