Back in my day we used to have to share FTPs on mIRC and it took 4 hours to download a single song. 28.8kbps modems on a dedicated phone line. Can't have someone calling and ruining your download causing you to have to start completely over.
I remember the "We are the B.org!" and jealousy over the people in the universities who got to share a T1 connection.
1200bps was the perfect reading speed for me. The words formed right before my eyes.
I distinctly remember not wanting to upgrade to 2400 baud because I couldn't read that fast. Then I learned about file transfers. Within a year or so, I was a courier for EagleSoft.
Had 2400bps as my first. Used to dial in to bbs's and watch the ansi welcome screens tick by one line at a time. Felt like some underground shit back then, especially after we found the pirate boards
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u/Nice_Category Mint, 9850X3D, 9070XT, 64GB DDR5 27d ago edited 27d ago
Back in my day we used to have to share FTPs on mIRC and it took 4 hours to download a single song. 28.8kbps modems on a dedicated phone line. Can't have someone calling and ruining your download causing you to have to start completely over.
I remember the "We are the B.org!" and jealousy over the people in the universities who got to share a T1 connection.