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Re: Terminal Emulation rates
- Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation rates
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 30 Sep 2004 17:24:24 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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Sean Fahey wrote:
>"Alistair J Ross" <mail@ataliross.co.uk> wrote in message
>pan.2004.09.30.00.32.24.516252@ataliross.co.uk">news:pan.2004.09.30.00.32.24.516252@ataliross.co.uk...
>
>> Is there nothing that can be done about this speed. To use the machine for
>> any practical purpose at 300bps even back in 1980 would have been unusable
>> to say the least.
>
>No, in 1980 - 300bps was pretty much the standard. Anything higher was
>usually corporate, mega-expensive and (often) proprietary. I remember using
>45/110bps modems - and using a 300bps modem with a proprietary 450bps "fast"
>mode...
Yep!
You could read messages as they were received at 300bps, and that
became much harder later at 1200bps. ;-)
I used Applelink Personal Edition (later to become AOL) for years at
1200bps.
>Ack! I've dated myself.
Ditto.
-michael
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