The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 7 months ago"And now for some golden oldies!"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1843arrow-down19
arrow-up1834arrow-down1image"And now for some golden oldies!"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 7 months agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoI was born that year. My friends have kids now.
minus-squareWhipperSnapper@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWait, so you do or do not remember the excitement of going from 14.4 to 33.6 for dialup?
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoNot a clue what that even means, although my dad started a phone booth company in 1998 …
minus-squareblibla@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoi jave never used a phone booth and i listebed to hybrid theory in school
minus-squareWhipperSnapper@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThat’s a wild time to invest in phone booths! Real answer is dialup modem speeds. Doubled our download (in my case, from 10 minutes per mb to 5 minutes!)
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoOh yes it was, serious financial troubles followed
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI remember a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. 1200 was luxury.
I was born that year. My friends have kids now.
Wait, so you do or do not remember the excitement of going from 14.4 to 33.6 for dialup?
Not a clue what that even means, although my dad started a phone booth company in 1998 …
i jave never used a phone booth and i listebed to hybrid theory in school
That’s a wild time to invest in phone booths!
Real answer is dialup modem speeds. Doubled our download (in my case, from 10 minutes per mb to 5 minutes!)
Oh yes it was, serious financial troubles followed
I remember a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. 1200 was luxury.