Sceadwian
Banned
They just don't make stuff like this anymore.
35 years old and still good as new.
YouTube - 1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo
35 years old and still good as new.
YouTube - 1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo
Except there wasn't any internet available to the public - it came years later.Back then those speeds were fine, the Internet wasn't even a fraction as data rich as it is today. Just for giggles I did the math, a 1 meg file would take 9.7 hours to download, and that doesn't even include TCP/IP overhead =\
In Japan they have 100Meg broadband, in relative terms, yours is slooooooooow.!I'm not sure how you can say with broadband now is not terribly fast, in relation to what, being able to download in 1-10 seconds the same amount of data that took 10 hours?
The download of emails and news is still far slower, with BBS's you had a single connection to the external computer, and you weren't hampered by networking constraints. You entire emails and news could be downloaded as one single zipped file, and usually only took a few seconds - now a single email takes longer than that.I'm not sure how you can say with broadband now is not terribly fast, in relation to what, being able to download in 1-10 seconds the same amount of data that took 10 hours?
Sometimes I think I would rather have an 8080 than what I have today but I have to make a living. Did the Timex version come later?I still remember my first "computer" A Sinclair ZX80 "Not the ZX81" With a full 1k of usable RAM in 1978.
Timex was the name used in the USA for the UK made Sinclair computers.Sometimes I think I would rather have an 8080 than what I have today but I have to make a living. Did the Timex version come later?
Of course, it is human nature to pay extra attention to all the bad things that come with something and forget about all the good things. THat's not to say that the bad things can be a major pain.Sometimes I think I would rather have an 8080 than what I have today but I have to make a living. Did the Timex version come later?
All the bloat, viri, bugs, spam.You have less bugs and bloat in that small amount of ROM/RAM and no spam. Maybe that is why I like the microcontrollers so much.
I thought I added it makes a lot of people money out there, but I guess I forgot that part. I do normally point that out.Of course, it is human nature to pay extra attention to all the bad things that come with something and forget about all the good things. THat's not to say that the bad things can be a major pain.