Slow network transfers on Win7

[dedndave]

yah - that's me - just call me Methuselah   :P

[zemtex]

shoooot
i remember 300 baud   :bg
then 1200 - then 2400
we felt like big shots when 14 kbd came out

Modern computers with 24 GB vs Commodore 64 have a factor 375 million times more memory. It is quite amazing that you would need 375 million commodore 64 computers to make up for a good modern computer. They sold some 22 million c64 in total, you wouldn't even have enough memory if you had all of the historic c64 combined. The entire c64 production line is in the hand of "Bob" and his 24 GB computer.  :lol

[hutch--]

Dave,

I remember those speeds on a modem in the BBS days. Phone bill used to end up a bit high though.

[dedndave]

yes - the long-distance calls
it cost you $5 to d/l a 256-color GIF of a nakie lady - lol

[FORTRANS]

Hi,

   My first printer at home ran at 134.5 baud.  My first "real" job
had me writing programs with a TI terminal. That was thermal
paper at 300 baud.

Cheers,

Steve

[dedndave]

yah - come to think of it - i played with some 50 and 110 baud stuff
called teletype (radio teletype - RTTY)
i even used to have an old model 15
it took 3 of us to toss it in the trash - lol



man - that thing was noisy   :dazzled:

if you had a model 19, you were "styling"   :P

a lot of early computers used a ksr-28 as a terminal (we had those at Sperry)
it was a descendant of the 15 and 19, and would do 300 baud as i remember

later came the ksr/asr-33



notice the paper tape - it used 5-bit "baudot" code
my model 15 had a tape reader - could save you some typing   :P

[donkey]

A while back I was out in the mountains of BC and was thinking that David Thompson and the fur traders probably followed the Bull River when they were first exploring Western Canada in the late 1700's. I remember saying to myself "Man, they probably had lousy cell service back then, and I'd bet they didn't even have 3G let alone 4G !". I mean you have to wonder if cellular coverage was that bad how would they call for a helicopter to airlift them out if someone got hurt ?

[hutch--]

Edgar,

I think smoke signalling was the bleeding edge back then.