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Former Member
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AOL with a 2400 baud modem on my Dad's new Hewlett Packard 486SX 25Mhz. I think Windows of the time was more stable and reliable than this crap we use now though.... Slow and steady she was!
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pcwr
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My first pc that had internet access was a 486sx25 mono laptop running Windows3. Though before that, when I was at Uni, we had green terminals with access to the inter-University network.
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My first modem was an old 2400 baud brick, from a friend of my dad's who was in IT. Started dialling into the local BBS's, the free ones, remember all the "adult" ones being pay.
Upgrade to a blistering 9600, when one or two BBSes starting offering accessing to something called the "Internet" through them, but was painfully slow, so I didn't bother too much with it. First got direct Internet access when I bought a 14,400 modem from my dad's friend mentioned above, in 1997. My first email ever was to a local radio station saying what a idiot the one DJ was, which he was, and still is if he's around. Replaced this modem with a 28,8, and then 56k eventually, but never got more than 48, and then only late at night when no one else was on. Now I use 4Mbps ADSL at work, and either 3.6Mbps 3G or 384k ADSL at home. B |
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nasher
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dont know when my first "internet" experiance was
----------------------------------------i was connecting to Bulitin Board Systems as far back as 1982 on a 300baud internal modem on an Apple ][+ computer 800hz processer 48k of ram 1 5 1/4 in floppy drive. oh and greenscreen monitor  [Edit 1 times, last edit by nasher at Sep 30, 2009 2:06:14 PM] |
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HaHa, The mono-chrome days!
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darth_vader
Veteran Cruncher A galaxy far, far away... Joined: Jul 13, 2005 Post Count: 514 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I was using ARPANET (which mostly became the internet) in 1981. This was at work through a "concentrator" that multiplexed dozens of individual connections on to a T1 line. At home, I was using FidoNet starting about 1983 (IBM PC overclocked to 5 MHz, 256KB memory, aftermarket 5MB hard disk, 1200 baud Hayes modem).
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Former Member
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Oh oh
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TrevorWD
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hear it again for old time's sake that's not the complete sound of a 56k handshake. :p As for first Internet experience: some time in 1997 or 1998, using prepaid Optusnet. My phone bills alone were typically $100 per month, due to having a time based internet usage billing. Cheers, Trev.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by TrevorWD at Oct 2, 2009 6:45:15 AM] |
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Former Member
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Yes I do remember Optusnet.
 Best regards to beautiful Australia JP |
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Former Member
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In some way related tp this thread
Explaining that Sony has just stopped making floppy disks. Wow! I remember the first time I saw one, back in 1983, shortly before the first Macs was released. It was so impressive! It held a whopping 400KB! I still remember converting 400KB Macintosh disks into 1.4MB PC disks in my garage, using a electric drill to make a hole in the upperleft corner (the only difference, evidently, between "single density" and "double high density!"). Ah. Another geek memory. Read this article Now , who is next .. tks |
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