Attack of the Killer Modems

Saturday, February 2nd, 2002 at 10:05 AM | Category: Meryl's Notes Blog 2 comments

NJ Meryl shares her story of buying her first modem and succombing to the online world. It happened to me in the same year (1986), but hellifIknow what day. I agree with her, Ground Hog Day is a stupid holiday.

She had a much cooler handle (online nickname) than I did. Mine was so stupid that I have never blogged it. icon smile Attack of the Killer Modems

Meryl also had a better start with 1200 baud. I had a measly 300 baud modem, but I did miraculously and excitedly joined the faster world in 1987 with a 2400 baud modem that I had to buy in Dallas, an hour away from Fort Worth where I lived.

BBS days were cool, but I don’t miss them since we’ve come a long way.

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2 comments

  • Posted by Todd on February 2nd, 2002, 2:56 PM

    What was it? What was it?! grin

  • Posted by NJ Meryl on February 2nd, 2002, 5:59 PM

    You know what I liked best about posting that article? Being able to give it a permalink of 2002020202. It was actually the first blog I posted today, and should have been 2002020201, but the symmetry just wouldn’t have been there.

    I guess there are advantages in having to code your own permalinks. You get to make ‘em up instead of having to take what the codes give you.

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