Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:54:54 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 68 Message-ID: References: <2d1d9c48fbbdc14ad1055a11b19e73d0b3557d19@i2pn2.org> <508agj9kehlrp1ij4b04fltc7n61cueavs@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:57:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8ff5692ba0062a2319032dcf6177c58b"; logging-data="2870536"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pSn3ZZaQ8/KxzN3r7xoxN" Cancel-Lock: sha1:WTHwiT/fFPpat4NemWnfF7OBhyc= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 Bytes: 4228 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >Xocyll wrote: >> Dimensional Traveler looked up from reading the >> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >> say: > >> >On 10/7/2024 9:36 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> >> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 07:01:56 -0700, Justisaur >> >> 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?!?! > >> They were optional not mandatory, and it didn't work out so well - 30 >> typewriters, over 50 students registered in class... > >Wow, typewriters. What year was this? I remember taking typing classes >during my junior high/middle school days with Apple 2 computers. About 1979. >> The next year the school got some Commodore Pets. > >Where is this? Not USA? Ontario, Canada The year after that I transferred to the school my dad taught at - they'd gotten TRS-80s rather than commodores. Xocyll