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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 01:14 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 10/7/2024 9:36 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 07:01:56 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>
>>> We had an acoustic coupler for awhile.  I think I could type faster than
>>> it sent letters.
>> 
>> I'm not sure if I'm jealous or not.
>> 
>> I never had an accoustical coupler but -at the time- it seemed the
>> height of technology. In fact, when I finally purchased a modem for my
>> 8-bit, the lack of a coupler was a disappointment. Surely this
>> non-destinct slab of off-white plastic was an inferior brand! If only
>> had I one that mated directly with my phone, the experience and speeds
>> must be better, right?
>> 
>>       [I was younger and had no idea of how modems worked]
>> 
>>      For years, I lusted after getting a modem with a proper
>> accoustical coupler, and was continually disappointed that the only
>> ones I could find were, for some reason, rated for slower speeds than
>> what I already had. Obviously, the fast modems with accoustical
>> couplers were so rare and expensive that they never were sold in
>> ordinary shops. But maybe one day I'd get lucky and own a "real"
>> modem.
>> 
>> I never got one, and when eventually I learned that accoustical
>> couplers were actually the inferior technology, my desire for the
>> device faded away. But for the longest time, it was my holy grail.
>> Amongst modems, anyway.
>> 
>> I can't remember the speeds I connected at, back then. It was probably
>> a 1200 baud modem. I remember the characters appearing on screen, but
>> it seemed fast enough to me; then again, just the idea of streaming
>> data over the phone seemed almost magical. My typing skills back then
>> were minimal, though, so it was definitely faster than anything I
>> could put on screen! ;-)
>> 
> What?  You didn't have mandatory typing classes in school?!?!


I did.
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