[UFO Chicago] random rant

Jack Beglinger jackb@guppy.us
Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:36:56 -0500


> I've never met /any/ 'old timer' ( old not necesarily referring to
> age) who didn't miss the old days :>  Heck, even the guys around here
> who used to use 300 baud accoustic couplers talk about those days with
> nostagia: "why, we had modems you could actually take apart and
> understand.  dammit, we built our *own* modems, and we liked it that
> way"

300!  I use 75 until we could get the rubber seal right -- then 110!!!!