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In reply to the discussion: (A Good long read). An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1 [View all]

erronis

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3. 60 baud? Wow - my earliest ones were 110 - even said baudot back in those days.
Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 10:53 AM
Apr 2025

Lots of paper tape and full chad boxes. Those were the days - I thought they'd never end...

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(A Good long read). An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1 [View all] LiberalArkie Apr 2025 OP
Looking forward to reading this. I remember using the Model 33 and 35 and being funded by ARPA erronis Apr 2025 #1
I remember back as a young pup, hooking up 60 baud modems into concentrators to get up to 9600 baud for that LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #2
60 baud? Wow - my earliest ones were 110 - even said baudot back in those days. erronis Apr 2025 #3
Don't know the reason why, maybe the errors that the 110 gave back when rural long distance was open wire. LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #4
I loved typing on the teletype 33's. The natural rhythm of it. Made in Little Rock Arkansas back then. LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #5
Our typing class in high school used the Selectrics. Simeon Salus Apr 2025 #6
This was the internet when I first signed on as a college student: hunter Apr 2025 #7
ARPA projects changed the world IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 2025 #8
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