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V_RocKs · 12-05-2009, 01:48 AM

I started out on a brand spanking new 1200baud. I loved that puppy!

I used some software from some google code spot to make this so you can reminisce.

This is today's blog on yesterday's technology:

Before you load the first one. Read this: I want you to WAIT until the toplist loads before you go to the next one. It will take a bit to load. But it will be a nice benchmark for the later links. Also, keep in mind. This is just the text. This isn't going to load the pictures. Only the HTML.

1200baud:
http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com

Then my I got my pops hooked on Prodigy and he sprung for a 9600baud:
http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com
What a great dad!

Next the 28.8K next Xmas... sweet! You can almost hear the telephone line sizzling.
http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com

The good ole' 56K
http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com
Remember, you still have surfers using these... though they probably don't have credit cards or checking accounts. But that is what phone pay is for right?

And finally DSL at 768K
http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com

I miss that slow modem. We used to have to think... Now we can just splog shit and throw up pussy pics and not give a shit about nothin'....

V_RocKs · 12-05-2009, 01:58 AM

Also keep in mind, 56K modems only ran at 8000baud. The rest of the speed is compression. That is how little bandwidth your copper phone line could provide.

Vjo · 12-05-2009, 04:43 AM

I had an acer with I think 14.4. Things were so slow in them days (the midish 90's) I don't know how anyone made anything.

But oh yeah modems.. beep beeeep beeep beeep schwinnng waaaaaahhhhhh

ok I think I am on. Yes I am on. Enjoy that speedy web experience.

Acer 70 Mhz processor and a whopping 500M HD.

Let me at that XPics. hehe I'm armed and ready as an Acer wm. lol

Vjo · 12-05-2009, 05:01 AM

Actually now I'm thinking the Acer had built in 2400 (rings a bell) and I think I went and bought the exterior modem and went up to 14.4 then bought a diff modem and went to 28.8. Had opf course good old windows 3.1 I believe.

It's like saying there is the gold now go get it with this slow ass computer. Of course you only needed a few pics on a site and cha ching but back then you had to buy the pics for like $80 for one dvd of a few pics and it took forever to upload and dl. Memories.

Vjo · 12-05-2009, 05:08 AM

Oops that would be one cd of a few pics not dvd.

okny · 12-05-2009, 05:09 AM

Damn that brings back memories it was 14.4 waiting while sites would load was awesome made want to take a nap

Vjo · 12-05-2009, 05:14 AM

Yep the surfer had to wait for that pic to slowly, slowly load.. work its way line by line of pixels.. hehe they were pumped to see anything after all that waiting.

alias · 12-05-2009, 05:15 AM

All of the above. Did not vote.

ArsewithClass · 12-05-2009, 05:18 AM

My first line was a 56k moving up to 2mb, then 10, now im on 20.

I wondered about 50mb. Its great to have the best, however, I dont think I would notice any difference.

kane · 12-05-2009, 05:58 AM

My first modem ever was 1200 baud. Then eventually I got a 56K modem. Where I lived the phone lines were so old and shitty it never ran at more than about half its potential. I was in this business almost a full year before cable internet was available where I lived. Once I got it I wondered how I ever got anything done before.

Bored · 12-05-2009, 06:04 AM

get off the phone!! someones trying to call into my BBS!

seeandsee · 12-05-2009, 06:08 AM

56K is my era :D

Octopus · 12-05-2009, 07:04 AM

My first modem was a 56k

stickyfingerz · 12-05-2009, 07:18 AM

incase one is hotlink protected

RS-232C serial port and the telephone interface II was my modem. Which was "up to 300 Baud" lol

I originally had this cassette bugger and no floppy drives.

Ahh the memories...

Big Chad · 12-05-2009, 12:12 PM

Started with 1200 Baud.. Then had (6) 28.8 modems on my bbs. Cost $250 a piece! lol That's when a scanner cost $1500+. Also had a satellite dish feeding fido net groups. Also had 6 6 disk changers for porn

V_RocKs · 12-05-2009, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArsewithClass

My first line was a 56k moving up to 2mb, then 10, now im on 20.

I wondered about 50mb. Its great to have the best, however, I dont think I would notice any difference.

Where I am at now...

What is the real difference between 30mb and 15mb? If you are not a file sharer?

V_RocKs · 12-05-2009, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

My first modem ever was 1200 baud. Then eventually I got a 56K modem. Where I lived the phone lines were so old and shitty it never ran at more than about half its potential. I was in this business almost a full year before cable internet was available where I lived. Once I got it I wondered how I ever got anything done before.

When I went from shotgunning two modems to my first DSL at 384K or some shit it was like.. Hmm.. Free vs. paying $50 for twice the speed.. Hmm... Why did I sign that 1 year contract?

JD · 12-05-2009, 04:14 PM

my first modem was 28.8kps... ahh... AOL.... beeeeeeeeeeee.... SCRERRRRRRRRRRr :chirp: EEEWwwwWEEEEEE.... YOU'VE GOT MAIL!

CYF · 12-05-2009, 06:20 PM

my first modem was a 1200bps on an Apple II back in 1989.

docputer · 12-05-2009, 09:55 PM

My first was a 300 on a commodore Vic20 and a TRS80

woj · 12-05-2009, 09:59 PM

9600 I think, don't really remember though

billywatson · 12-05-2009, 10:00 PM

1992: 386 DX 40 with a 4 megs of RAM (paid $50 per meg cause there was a "fire" in the warehouse in Japan where it was made), 250 meg HD, and 14.4 modem. LOL

Iron Fist · 12-05-2009, 10:10 PM

Man... I remember playing around with my "Leading Edge" computer... 486 DX2... that's when I think I really got into the whole world of computers and BBSes.

dodger21 · 12-05-2009, 10:29 PM

my packard bell had a 1200 i spent like $300 on! lol! i got a boner once i saved up enough money to buy a co-processor.

a bigger hardon when i got my first meg of ram and was able to play kings quest.
1 meg cost me (well my parents) $200. my old man was pissed.

rowan · 12-05-2009, 10:33 PM

1984, 300bps accoustic coupled modem connected to a printer terminal... no green screen, it just printed out everything that came down the line.

Sometimes it feels like I'm on the 2009 equivalent of 300bps, my DSL syncs cleanly at 8Mbps but the bandwidth is artificially limited to 3Mbps due to congestion. And some of you guys have 100Mbit links to your home desktop...

NaughtyRob · 12-05-2009, 10:37 PM

9600 0r 14.4 can't remember.

NaughtyRob · 12-05-2009, 10:38 PM

Yeah I remember the days of waiting like 2 minutes for one picture to load.

Quote:

Originally Posted by okny

Damn that brings back memories it was 14.4 waiting while sites would load was awesome made want to take a nap

fatfoo · 12-05-2009, 10:43 PM

I believe I had 56K modem 5 years ago, or something.

V_RocKs · 12-05-2009, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharphead

Man... I remember playing around with my "Leading Edge" computer... 486 DX2... that's when I think I really got into the whole world of computers and BBSes.

I owned an LE 386 with the math coprocessor. Windows 3.1 was an experience...

I actually preferred DOS until windows 98.

MindWaste · 12-06-2009, 06:02 AM

My first was a 420 then got like a 10 somthing then 56k ... on aol in my area i coould get 5999999999 forever but thats cuz tacoma was like the most wired city in the world when telephone modems first came.. cuz of billl gates i believe..

Lykos · 12-06-2009, 06:05 AM

14.4 kbps was my first

MindWaste · 12-06-2009, 06:07 AM

My first computer dident even have a hard drive.. you had to load like up to 7 dos disks depending on the version dos before you could put any other program on.. so basicly it just held dos inn memory then you put the game or what ever in and play.. no modem nothing..

The Duck · 12-06-2009, 07:24 AM

28.8 was fast back then

Chosen · 12-06-2009, 08:02 AM

Mine was 14.4 kbps

WankWorld · 12-07-2009, 05:21 PM

I had a 14.4k

brandonstills · 12-07-2009, 07:23 PM

300 baud on Commodore 64.

LOAD "BLAH", 8, 1
SYS 49152

Ahh, the memories.

Psylocybe · 12-09-2009, 10:13 AM

i remember saving up for the new fancy 56k modem so i could play quake, my ping rocked everybody elses and I was team deathmatch champion for a month, ahhh happy days

bDok · 12-09-2009, 10:31 AM

I started with a 1200 I borrowed from a friend. Then I got a 2400 baud from another friend.

Purchased a shitty 9600 that when I was running a BBS I had to write my on connection routines as the ones that came with Hermes II didn't cover it properly.

The big day came when I finally upgraded to a hayes 14.4 modem. From there I always got hayes. Upgraded a bunch more and eventually had multiple phones lines for my BBS.

Ran bulletin boards WWIV, Renegade, and Hermes II. Fun stuff. Guy I went to school with was Lord Jazz from ACiD so all my lovely ansi menu systems were done by him. lol

Was so stoked back then with shell accounts, fido net... too funny.

0 day ftw!

born2blog · 12-09-2009, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psylocybe

i remember saving up for the new fancy 56k modem so i could play quake, my ping rocked everybody elses and I was team deathmatch champion for a month, ahhh happy days

reminds me of my college days, fun times, however now I feel old lol

ThumbLord · 12-09-2009, 10:48 AM

56K modem with Atari ST520 it was I think, not sure about the Atari but sure about the 56K modem, just found it in the shed.

Nicky · 12-09-2009, 11:22 AM

First one I(family) had was an 14.4 in 1994 when I was 11 years old, but had a whooping 56k in '99 when I got into porn at 16

96ukssob · 12-09-2009, 11:25 AM

First gateway we owned had a 14.4 modem and my dad upgraded it to a 28.8 shortly after... i remember him telling a friend about it

when i was in college, i remember trying to setup a network on a 56k modem so two of us could use the internet at the same time

View Poll Results: How fast was your original modem?
110 baud	2	2.78%
300 baud	6	8.33%
1200 bps (changes to bps because this was 600baud + compression)	3	4.17%
2400 bps	12	16.67%
4800 bps	0	0%
9600 bps	4	5.56%
14.4 kbps	23	31.94%
28.8 kps	7	9.72%
33.6K	1	1.39%
56K	14	19.44%
112K - 2 56K modems	0	0%
Modems were before my time.	0	0%
Voters: 72. You may not vote on this poll

12-05-2009, 01:48 AM	#1
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,406	How fast was your modem? I started out on a brand spanking new 1200baud. I loved that puppy! I used some software from some google code spot to make this so you can reminisce. This is today's blog on yesterday's technology: Before you load the first one. Read this: I want you to WAIT until the toplist loads before you go to the next one. It will take a bit to load. But it will be a nice benchmark for the later links. Also, keep in mind. This is just the text. This isn't going to load the pictures. Only the HTML. 1200baud: http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com Then my I got my pops hooked on Prodigy and he sprung for a 9600baud: http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com What a great dad! Next the 28.8K next Xmas... sweet! You can almost hear the telephone line sizzling. http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com The good ole' 56K http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com Remember, you still have surfers using these... though they probably don't have credit cards or checking accounts. But that is what phone pay is for right? And finally DSL at 768K http://18yearsold.co.in/slow_as_shit...useofjuggs.com I miss that slow modem. We used to have to think... Now we can just splog shit and throw up pussy pics and not give a shit about nothin'....

12-05-2009, 04:43 AM	#3
Vjo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy 4th of July :) Posts: 6,082	I had an acer with I think 14.4. Things were so slow in them days (the midish 90's) I don't know how anyone made anything. But oh yeah modems.. beep beeeep beeep beeep schwinnng waaaaaahhhhhh ok I think I am on. Yes I am on. Enjoy that speedy web experience. Acer 70 Mhz processor and a whopping 500M HD. Let me at that XPics. hehe I'm armed and ready as an Acer wm. lol Last edited by Vjo; 12-05-2009 at 04:46 AM..

12-05-2009, 05:01 AM	#4
Vjo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy 4th of July :) Posts: 6,082	Actually now I'm thinking the Acer had built in 2400 (rings a bell) and I think I went and bought the exterior modem and went up to 14.4 then bought a diff modem and went to 28.8. Had opf course good old windows 3.1 I believe. It's like saying there is the gold now go get it with this slow ass computer. Of course you only needed a few pics on a site and cha ching but back then you had to buy the pics for like $80 for one dvd of a few pics and it took forever to upload and dl. Memories. Last edited by Vjo; 12-05-2009 at 05:05 AM..

12-05-2009, 05:09 AM	#6
okny Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Vault Posts: 5,761	Damn that brings back memories it was 14.4 waiting while sites would load was awesome made want to take a nap __________________ Aim: okny Icq: 306232 Skype: OlegKrasBT

12-05-2009, 01:58 AM	#2
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,406	Also keep in mind, 56K modems only ran at 8000baud. The rest of the speed is compression. That is how little bandwidth your copper phone line could provide.

12-05-2009, 05:08 AM	#5
Vjo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy 4th of July :) Posts: 6,082	Oops that would be one cd of a few pics not dvd.

12-05-2009, 05:14 AM	#7
Vjo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy 4th of July :) Posts: 6,082	Yep the surfer had to wait for that pic to slowly, slowly load.. work its way line by line of pixels.. hehe they were pumped to see anything after all that waiting. Last edited by Vjo; 12-05-2009 at 05:15 AM..

12-05-2009, 05:15 AM	#8
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	All of the above. Did not vote. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

12-05-2009, 05:18 AM	#9
ArsewithClass So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 7,957	My first line was a 56k moving up to 2mb, then 10, now im on 20. I wondered about 50mb. Its great to have the best, however, I dont think I would notice any difference.

12-05-2009, 05:58 AM	#10
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	My first modem ever was 1200 baud. Then eventually I got a 56K modem. Where I lived the phone lines were so old and shitty it never ran at more than about half its potential. I was in this business almost a full year before cable internet was available where I lived. Once I got it I wondered how I ever got anything done before.

12-05-2009, 06:04 AM	#11
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12-05-2009, 06:08 AM	#12
seeandsee Check SIG! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe (Skype: gojkoas) Posts: 50,945	56K is my era :D __________________ BUY MY SIG - 50$/Year Contact here

12-05-2009, 07:04 AM	#13
Octopus Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,436	My first modem was a 56k

12-05-2009, 07:18 AM	#14
stickyfingerz Doin fine Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,983	incase one is hotlink protected RS-232C serial port and the telephone interface II was my modem. Which was "up to 300 Baud" lol I originally had this cassette bugger and no floppy drives. Ahh the memories...

12-05-2009, 12:12 PM	#15
Big Chad Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 206	Started with 1200 Baud.. Then had (6) 28.8 modems on my bbs. Cost $250 a piece! lol That's when a scanner cost $1500+. Also had a satellite dish feeding fido net groups. Also had 6 6 disk changers for porn

12-05-2009, 04:14 PM	#18
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	my first modem was 28.8kps... ahh... AOL.... beeeeeeeeeeee.... SCRERRRRRRRRRRr :chirp: EEEWwwwWEEEEEE.... YOU'VE GOT MAIL!

12-05-2009, 06:20 PM	#19
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12-05-2009, 09:55 PM	#20
docputer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,103	My first was a 300 on a commodore Vic20 and a TRS80

12-05-2009, 09:59 PM	#21
woj <&(©¿©)&> Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 47,882	9600 I think, don't really remember though __________________ Custom Software Development, email: woj#at#wojfun#.#com to discuss details or skype: wojl2000 or gchat: wojfun or telegram: wojl2000 Affiliate program tools: Hosted Galleries Manager Banner Manager Video Manager Wordpress Affiliate Plugin Pic/Movie of the Day Fansign Generator Zip Manager

12-05-2009, 10:00 PM	#22
billywatson Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Valley o' Smut. Posts: 3,281	1992: 386 DX 40 with a 4 megs of RAM (paid $50 per meg cause there was a "fire" in the warehouse in Japan where it was made), 250 meg HD, and 14.4 modem. LOL __________________ We're Fabulous! PROTECT YOUR CONTENT on Twitter I Shoot Porn.

12-05-2009, 10:10 PM	#23
Iron Fist Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,400	Man... I remember playing around with my "Leading Edge" computer... 486 DX2... that's when I think I really got into the whole world of computers and BBSes. __________________ i like waffles

12-05-2009, 10:29 PM	#24
dodger21 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,680	my packard bell had a 1200 i spent like $300 on! lol! i got a boner once i saved up enough money to buy a co-processor. a bigger hardon when i got my first meg of ram and was able to play kings quest. 1 meg cost me (well my parents) $200. my old man was pissed. __________________ icq: 237055440 Last edited by dodger21; 12-05-2009 at 10:31 PM..

12-05-2009, 10:33 PM	#25
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	1984, 300bps accoustic coupled modem connected to a printer terminal... no green screen, it just printed out everything that came down the line. Sometimes it feels like I'm on the 2009 equivalent of 300bps, my DSL syncs cleanly at 8Mbps but the bandwidth is artificially limited to 3Mbps due to congestion. And some of you guys have 100Mbit links to your home desktop...

12-05-2009, 10:37 PM	#26
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12-05-2009, 10:43 PM	#28
fatfoo ICQ:649699063 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 27,763	I believe I had 56K modem 5 years ago, or something. __________________ Send me an email: [email protected]

12-06-2009, 06:02 AM	#30
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12-06-2009, 06:05 AM	#31
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12-06-2009, 06:07 AM	#32
MindWaste Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tac Town Posts: 3,650	My first computer dident even have a hard drive.. you had to load like up to 7 dos disks depending on the version dos before you could put any other program on.. so basicly it just held dos inn memory then you put the game or what ever in and play.. no modem nothing.. __________________ http://www.HogSex.com http://www.GirlGoesBad.com https://www.HogSludge.com https://www.SaveSolomon.com http://www.EnterSolomon.com http://www.Dream-Hits.com http://www.DeamonSurf.com http://www.Bitcoin-Sol.com http://www.RainRapMusic.com http://www.RibbetHog.com http://WhiteFreeStyleRappers.com http://www.HogFaucet.com

12-06-2009, 07:24 AM	#33
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12-06-2009, 08:02 AM	#34
Chosen VIPPay.com \| AdultWebSponsors.com Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 63,151	Mine was 14.4 kbps

12-07-2009, 05:21 PM	#35
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12-07-2009, 07:23 PM	#36
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12-09-2009, 10:13 AM	#37
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12-09-2009, 10:31 AM	#38
bDok Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SD/OC/LA Posts: 1,917	I started with a 1200 I borrowed from a friend. Then I got a 2400 baud from another friend. Purchased a shitty 9600 that when I was running a BBS I had to write my on connection routines as the ones that came with Hermes II didn't cover it properly. The big day came when I finally upgraded to a hayes 14.4 modem. From there I always got hayes. Upgraded a bunch more and eventually had multiple phones lines for my BBS. Ran bulletin boards WWIV, Renegade, and Hermes II. Fun stuff. Guy I went to school with was Lord Jazz from ACiD so all my lovely ansi menu systems were done by him. lol Was so stoked back then with shell accounts, fido net... too funny. 0 day ftw! __________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Warriors come out to plaAAaayyy! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Last edited by bDok; 12-09-2009 at 10:33 AM..