300 baud modems and slower

Old Man · 14 Jan 2011 at 07:33

I remember when I used a 300 baud modem with my Atari and just looking again at how fast things have advanced.

Wondering if anybody ever used a slower modem?

CrimsonAvenger · 14 Jan 2011 at 07:35

nope.

richb93 · 14 Jan 2011 at 07:38

Reminds me of this; cool stuff considering it's age! I'm surprised it still works :eek:

PapaLazaru · 14 Jan 2011 at 07:41

I still have a modem for my Amstrad CPC 464. There was not really an internet so to speak, just some teletext looking stuff on this thing called Prestel.

Proper old school. :cool:

tigerstyle · 14 Jan 2011 at 08:35

PapaLazaru said:
I still have a modem for my Amstrad CPC 464. There was not really an internet so to speak, just some teletext looking stuff on this thing called Prestel.

Love the eerie music, makes it feel so creepy and sinister, it's a wonder this IT thing ever caught on!

Von Luck · 14 Jan 2011 at 08:53

I've still got a 300 baud 'Le Modem' from Watford Electronics in the loft with my BBC Micro.

Sp00n · 14 Jan 2011 at 08:56

You're username is entirely apt, I started on a 9600, fear the crazy mad speeeedz.

ScoTTyBEEE · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:04

Von Luck said:
I've still got a 300 baud 'Le Modem' from Watford Electronics in the loft with my BBC Micro.

Wow, "Watford Electronics", that brings the memories flooding back

Cosimo · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:30

Von Luck said:
I've still got a 300 baud 'Le Modem' from Watford Electronics in the loft with my BBC Micro.

I've still got a US Robotics Courier in a cupboard. You never know when it might come in handy.

SB118 · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:40

I'm on Virgin Media if that counts.

Sp00n · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:40

simulatorman said:
I've still got a US Robotics Courier in a cupboard. You never know when it might come in handy.

A courier? That's a bit modern

Cosimo · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:41

SB118 said:
I'm on Virgin Media if that counts.

It doesn’t.

Tunney · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:54

LOL, HPB.

contracteur · 14 Jan 2011 at 10:22

Pace Linnet 9600 I remember having in our possession back in the day.

Freefaller · 14 Jan 2011 at 10:51

I had a motorolla 9600 modem. I remember good ol' BBSes happy days!

PaulyD · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:08

My first modem was a US Robotics 28.8k modem, bit too modern for this conversation..

bitslice · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:14

contracteur said:
Pace Linnet 9600 I remember having in our possession back in the day.

I think I lusted after a Pace Linnet 1200/2400 once :cool:

300 baud and free access to a Uni's portal, it really was crap looking back on it

Westyfield2 · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:16

First I remember is 28.8K dial-up. Show's how young I am compared with you guys

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Though I've used slower. Was in West-Africa in 1998 IIRC and the internet there was the slowest thing ever.

Next slowest would be when I was testing the first WAP mobile phone data connection (year or two before they were released and before GPRS came about). Had to use one PDA thingy with the browser on it connecting by infra-red to the special mobile phone that was making the data connection.
That was faster than Africa though

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gettothechopper · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:33

9600 here (on compuserve lol!) remember being gutted that it couldnt load the lucasarts website beause it had a picture on the landing page and it was just too much to cope with

also when the USA used to wake up the Internet in the uk would pretty much stop

also what happened to US robotics? they used to be massive

3dcandy · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:41

started with 2400 baud....and progressed to 6 x USR Courier in a BBS setup!