The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 28 days ago"And now for some golden oldies!"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1849arrow-down19
arrow-up1840arrow-down1image"And now for some golden oldies!"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 28 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·28 days agoI was born that year. My friends have kids now.
minus-squareWhipperSnapper@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoWait, so you do or do not remember the excitement of going from 14.4 to 33.6 for dialup?
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-228 days agoNot a clue what that even means, although my dad started a phone booth company in 1998 …
minus-squareblibla@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoi jave never used a phone booth and i listebed to hybrid theory in school
minus-squareWhipperSnapper@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoThat’s a wild time to invest in phone booths! Real answer is dialup modem speeds. Doubled our download (in my case, from 10 minutes per mb to 5 minutes!)
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoOh yes it was, serious financial troubles followed
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoI remember a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. 1200 was luxury.
I was born that year. My friends have kids now.
Wait, so you do or do not remember the excitement of going from 14.4 to 33.6 for dialup?
Not a clue what that even means, although my dad started a phone booth company in 1998 …
i jave never used a phone booth and i listebed to hybrid theory in school
That’s a wild time to invest in phone booths!
Real answer is dialup modem speeds. Doubled our download (in my case, from 10 minutes per mb to 5 minutes!)
Oh yes it was, serious financial troubles followed
I remember a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. 1200 was luxury.