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Comment by dfsegoat | Hacker News Reader

97ish here... re: BBS' - still have my US Robotics 28.8 external modem...

USR, that was the rolls royce of modem back then. Aaaahh the sound it made.

And the fortune it cost. My Amiga based local BBS had a pile of them and most online fellows had one while I couldn't even afford a Zyxel but had to connect through a terrible 2400bps unknown name one. Thankfully it had at least Zmodem which was almost new then. Good ol' times...

I can recall when 2400 was the new hotness and getting a hooky prototype 2400 from a colleague at Telecom Gold.

I think he used on of them on his FIDO BBS (Arkham Asylum)

That was the HST modulation training. Gets me every time. Wish I still had my courier dual just for the sound ;)

Here's a USR modem recording for the daily nostalgia hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR5n8R10iAM

That sound and the CRT screen brings back memories...

Look at Mr High Falutin' 28.8 over here...

I picked up a secondhand 300 baud modem for my Commodore 64 when I went to someone's house to buy some games. It was like some kind of mysterious magic when I actually connected to a BBS.

Later my parents got the long-distance phone bill... And my fun was somewhat dampened.

USR? Reeeee! (Zyxel user here ;-)

My /first/ modem though was a "Lightspeed 1200" from some company who's name I forget. You can guess how many bps that one could sling...

Same year, same modem! Miss the 90's.

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