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re: Spinoff thread: Gen Xers, when did you first see the Information Super Highway and...

Posted on 6/15/17 at 9:35 am to
Posted by DreadDub
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Posted on 6/15/17 at 9:35 am to
Late 80's as a teenage had an Amstrad computer with a 1,200 baud modem. Hit up local BBS sites...

Text would load 1 line at a time.

Couple of years later...jumped to a 14,400 baud modem. Massive jump in speed.

You kids don't know how good you have it. It used to take us all night to download one naked picture...and you wouldn't even know if it was good or not.
This post was edited on 6/15/17 at 9:38 am
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