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I came in at 28.8 and recall stressing about which 56K modem to buy. I even took mine back and exchanged it for the other protocal as I wanted to make sure I had the right one for the next few years… What a pipe dream that was as it was changing so quickly then.
It’s funny how now it seems like things can last a few years now. My daily driver laptop is approaching 10 years old now.
First modem I had was a box with a dial with the options 300/300 orig, 1200/75 orig, 75/1200 ans, 300/300 ans.
It wasn’t acoustically coupled, but it also didn’t dial. I had to pick up the normal phone, dial the BBS, flick the switch to open the line on the modem and put the phone down.
I had a 28.8 that was really good. When the 56k came out, I got one but was disappointed in its performance compared to the old 28.8. When the 56k v92 came out it was much better. Sadly at that point I was getting DSL so that 56k v92 was a POS and I was a LPB and never looked back
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I came in at 28.8 and recall stressing about which 56K modem to buy. I even took mine back and exchanged it for the other protocal as I wanted to make sure I had the right one for the next few years… What a pipe dream that was as it was changing so quickly then.
It’s funny how now it seems like things can last a few years now. My daily driver laptop is approaching 10 years old now.
You never experienced the joy of a 1200? You could literally watch the cursor draw the screen.
First modem I had was a box with a dial with the options 300/300 orig, 1200/75 orig, 75/1200 ans, 300/300 ans.
It wasn’t acoustically coupled, but it also didn’t dial. I had to pick up the normal phone, dial the BBS, flick the switch to open the line on the modem and put the phone down.
I had a 28.8 that was really good. When the 56k came out, I got one but was disappointed in its performance compared to the old 28.8. When the 56k v92 came out it was much better. Sadly at that point I was getting DSL so that 56k v92 was a POS and I was a LPB and never looked back