It was a double joy when natureorg got internet and remote locations had to dial-up, often unreliable, long distance [ remember 'long -distance ? ] to check email from the office. Cost a lot! "Call or send a letter ' was our plea,
We had a pen plotter (known as "Old Scratchy") and Ack/Nack was one of the protocols it would talk to the computer with. Fun times! Stick around and you can hear about the 9-track tape drive we used to use for backup and data transfer.
I've never used it, so therefore it's still new.
But not the streaming version. Pretty sure it was DVD-only in those days.
Nothing funnier than a joke you have to explain, henghghg?
After a while you don't notice the parts that stop working.
Speaking of [science]
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Probably got a few drops of Junior's jizz for the paternity suits.
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3 months ago
when ajit pai repeals net neutrality
It was a double joy when natureorg got internet and remote locations had to dial-up, often unreliable, long distance [ remember 'long -distance ? ] to check email from the office. Cost a lot! "Call or send a letter ' was our plea,
I bought a US Robotics Sportster 56k, but all I could squeeze out of the phone line was 32k.
I used to keep an AOL or CompuServe account just so I could dial up local from airport lounge work carrels.
Hayes (in an extruded aluminum case that will outlive us all) or GTFO <img src="http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/11636902/Hayes_Modem.jpg"> 2400! And what did all those LEDs signify?
Kelly Bundy was more believable.
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OK, sure.
Well done!
But what about AckNack?
We had a pen plotter (known as "Old Scratchy") and Ack/Nack was one of the protocols it would talk to the computer with. Fun times! Stick around and you can hear about the 9-track tape drive we used to use for backup and data transfer.