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In high school, we had the fastest modem available, connecting to university boards with an accoustic 300 baud modem. I unhooked a rotary phone receiver, and placed it in a large box with two suction cup-like holes where you set the phone down. We connected to a CP/M system.
When I moved out, I had a 2400 baud modem I used to connect to various BBSs to play online games like The Pit and Trade Wars. The Movie War Games inspired me. I ended up working for Future Shop in the early 90s, and was able to buy a 9600 blazing fast US Robotics modem. The same company who invented the Palm Pilot years later, putting an end to my need of my Apple Newton pocket PC. That thing sucked alkaline batteries in just over an hour. Prodigy and AOL then got started, and had a dealer demo account for free with Prodigy. This was my first connection to the internet, and at that time upgraded to 14400 baud. My first email address was [email protected], and it is still found using email address search engines when looking up my name.
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Short time TA, Long time Guver, Good time giver.
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