The drawback of being early is that every BBS you connected to still had 300 baud, so it didn't matter for a while. But when you did match up with another 1200, it felt like warp speed. The only thing that ever beat it was the jump from fast 56k dial-up to cable modem. That was insane.
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TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 1y
Downloading this 5.5 MB image would take 10 hours (in ideal conditions)
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
The drawback of being early is that every BBS you connected to still had 300 baud, so it didn't matter for a while. But when you did match up with another 1200, it felt like warp speed. The only thing that ever beat it was the jump from fast 56k dial-up to cable modem. That was insane.
marx2k@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah I remember this being the case when u first got my 9600 but most warez boards were still 2400
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
Raffster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I had this very exact box.
JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Relevant Wi-Fi retro modem PCB to put in one of these I remember seeing on Tindie. Pricey I think, but neat! https://www.tindie.com/products/retromodem/wifi-retromodem-for-hayes-smartmodem/
marx2k@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I forget which YouTube personality i saw that showed these off but those looked rad when I saw it. A bit pricy.
Edit: found it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=De5ufcDueRU&t=390s
sxan@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
I had this literal model. I don't think there were many options, so probably most people who had modems had them, but still.