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Path: ...!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:17:50 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <slrnvftfth.51us.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <slrnvfvbd8.21vdo.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <vdotu0$8ied$1@dont-email.me> <l5WdndxkpZaFpZ36nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <2d1d9c48fbbdc14ad1055a11b19e73d0b3557d19@i2pn2.org> <KJSdnYATxt57Dpn6nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <aeobgj9hilj152gfujuaf01vth91706sjf@4ax.com> <o_CdneMi8dlngZr6nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <hdtfgjpukndtvk23nt7aoq9385sie4bi30@4ax.com> <ve9veo$3cd20$2@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <n0OdnYHuUerTQZT6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:17:50 +0000 Lines: 46 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-6dHGpmk9jRXd9zVoYwOOmI0dBasMcB7Q4mwLZ3N74pARbJvTGQoHz7rSX+dZL5tSKCEr6S3XoBr+mRk!kwdCdFwDncdIw7a/mzNoBAvb3kx71th8bG4LczzYp6/j7VawE7+crhHUM5tZyrBMGOkH8ct/yKUY!Gk/qtlA2qrMo+6ketR98xWfvR1AM+tOx X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3538 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: .... > >>>>> We had an acoustic coupler for awhile. I think I could type faster than > >>>>> it sent letters. > >> > >>>> That's like 300 speed. ;) > >> > >>> Depends on how fast you can type :-) > >>> 300 baud is probably amazingly fast to hunt-n-peck typists. > >> > >> I hunt and peck on smartphones since I have to have one hand hold it and while other hand type! > >> > >> > >>> And in the 80s, before GUIs were common and everything -even a lot of > >>> games - were character-based, 300 baud was probably usable, if a bit > >>> slow. Although I can't imagine using anything that pokey for > >>> downloading stuff; even 28,8kbps was tedious at those speeds (the > >>> original Doom Shareware took me over an hour to get, back in the day). > >>> Even looking at images was a chore; you'd queue up two or three and > >>> that would be it for the night ;-) > >> > >> Yeah, but you had those evil line noises!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > No, you didn't. Most modems supported the AT M0 command, which turned > > off the speaker from the start. It was one of the first AT commands I > > learned, and boy howdy did I make sure every AT string I used included > > it! That squeal people associate with the dial-up era of the Internet? > > > > I never heard it. > > > Then you were never properly IN the dial-up era of the Internet!! Let's fix that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k :) It's funny to read the auto text (subtitle/closed captioning)s. :D Speaking of action games, what games did you play over dial-up? For me, Duke3D, DOOM, Heretic, BattleZone, MotoRacer, Diablo, Warcraft, Quake, etc. -- "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." --John 10:11. Dang poopy life & body again. Go Doyers! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )