In message 980278fa0606171146h719fef74g2bc6333b4d42e826@mail.gmail.com, John Lyden rasputinaxp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org writes
On 6/17/06, Conrad Dunkerson conrad.dunkerson-XfrvlLN1Pqtfpb/ySbbPhw@public.gmane.org wrote:
Ok, stop... you're making me all nostalgic. I think it all started to go downhill when the modems became capable of transferring text faster than you could read it (aka 2400 baud). :]
By that measure, my downhill was 9600 baud.
Of course, I jumped right from my 1200 baud Multitech to a 14.4K on my 486. Jump to lightspeed!
Some of us started out on 10 c.p.s. teletypes and input our first programs on paper tape....