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  • L leckey 0

    Captain See Sharp wrote:

    dial-up anymore

    Didn't know anyone still had dial-up!:-D

    _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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    Robert Surtees
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    i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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      i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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      leckey 0
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      Remember when those were super-cool? Ah, the old days...

      _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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        i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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        Dan Neely
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        from WP: Acoustic couplers are still used by people travelling in areas of the world where electrical connection to the telephone network is illegal or impractical. Anyone know what parts of the world that is? I want to make sure I never go to any of them.

        -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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        • K keyboard warrior

          i dont even know what dial up is :confused:

          ----------------------------------------------------------- Completion Deadline: two days before the day after tomorrow

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          Pierre Leclercq
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          ROTFL!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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          • R Robert Surtees

            i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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            Johpoke
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            Robert Surtees wrote:

            i still use an acoustic coupler[^]

            LOL i want one of those :D I wonder if its full duplex?..

            //Johannes

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            • L Lost User

              ...now that I have broadband internet. Not only that, I'm totally wireless! Man it feels good to not have dial-up anymore. :-D Sprints network is actually very fast, I haven't done any benchmarks yet but webpages load extremely fast.

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              Flynn Arrowstarr Regular Schmoe
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              We just updated to the 5 mbps DSL and it's pretty sweet. :) As for life being good -- in the space of 3 days, my wife and I lucked into a nice car and a nice little gaming system. The car is a 2001 PT Cruiser with only 26,800 miles on it. It's the limited edition package, so it's got the leather interior and is about the only car I've ever seen with in-dash CD and cassette. And, they took our previous car as a trade-in, which lowered the price enough to qualify for a discount of 0.5% on the interest rate. :-> The gaming system I found at my parent's garage sale this weekend. They usually run their sales from Thursday to Saturday, with Saturday being half off everything. And, they generally get a lot of stuff from other people to sell (we gave them several things). One of the items was a PlayStation Portable system with a $50 price tage on it. Being Saturday, I picked it up for $25! :wtf::-D Flynn


              If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
              the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...

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                ...now that I have broadband internet. Not only that, I'm totally wireless! Man it feels good to not have dial-up anymore. :-D Sprints network is actually very fast, I haven't done any benchmarks yet but webpages load extremely fast.

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                rollei35guy
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                Is that Sprint PCS Mobile Broadband? EVDO Rev.A? I just switched to it. Very fast, for a wireless connection, comparable to the Earthlink DSL I just dropped. My unscientific benchmark are that through-put drops during rush hour. When everyone is talking on their cell phone!!! -- modified at 18:24 Monday 6th August, 2007

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                • R Robert Surtees

                  i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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                  Robert Royall
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                  You should see if an ISP in your area implements CPIP[^]. It might be faster.

                  Please don't bother me... I'm hacking code right now.

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                    Is that Sprint PCS Mobile Broadband? EVDO Rev.A? I just switched to it. Very fast, for a wireless connection, comparable to the Earthlink DSL I just dropped. My unscientific benchmark are that through-put drops during rush hour. When everyone is talking on their cell phone!!! -- modified at 18:24 Monday 6th August, 2007

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                    Lost User
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                    EVDO Revision A. It will connect me to the PCS Mobile Broadband network when I am out of range of the EVDO. I get over 800kbps on downloads which is very nice. I can get up to 1.4mbps but I haven't seen that yet, I'v only had it for a few hours.

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                    • F Flynn Arrowstarr Regular Schmoe

                      We just updated to the 5 mbps DSL and it's pretty sweet. :) As for life being good -- in the space of 3 days, my wife and I lucked into a nice car and a nice little gaming system. The car is a 2001 PT Cruiser with only 26,800 miles on it. It's the limited edition package, so it's got the leather interior and is about the only car I've ever seen with in-dash CD and cassette. And, they took our previous car as a trade-in, which lowered the price enough to qualify for a discount of 0.5% on the interest rate. :-> The gaming system I found at my parent's garage sale this weekend. They usually run their sales from Thursday to Saturday, with Saturday being half off everything. And, they generally get a lot of stuff from other people to sell (we gave them several things). One of the items was a PlayStation Portable system with a $50 price tage on it. Being Saturday, I picked it up for $25! :wtf::-D Flynn


                      If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
                      the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...

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                      Lost User
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                      Its nice when things go your way isn't it?

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                      • L Lost User

                        EVDO Revision A. It will connect me to the PCS Mobile Broadband network when I am out of range of the EVDO. I get over 800kbps on downloads which is very nice. I can get up to 1.4mbps but I haven't seen that yet, I'v only had it for a few hours.

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                        rollei35guy
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                        That's about what I am getting. What is cool is getting that kind of speed going down the freeway...someone else driving of course! Or working down by the river at the park nearby. Do you know about ##DEBUG?

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                        • R rollei35guy

                          That's about what I am getting. What is cool is getting that kind of speed going down the freeway...someone else driving of course! Or working down by the river at the park nearby. Do you know about ##DEBUG?

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                          rollei35guy wrote:

                          Do you know about ##DEBUG?

                          I do now. I'm going to try that out.

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                          • R Robert Surtees

                            i still use an acoustic coupler[^] :laugh:.

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                            Steve Mayfield
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                            When I was in college, I rented an ASR-33 Teletype [^] with built in Acoustic Modem from Western Union for a year so I could call in to the College Time Sharing system from my dorm room (this was back in the early 70s)...the coupler was sensitive enough to respond to my radio music when the right notes came thru...at night the green activity light would provide me with a light show :laugh: Steve

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                              When I was in college, I rented an ASR-33 Teletype [^] with built in Acoustic Modem from Western Union for a year so I could call in to the College Time Sharing system from my dorm room (this was back in the early 70s)...the coupler was sensitive enough to respond to my radio music when the right notes came thru...at night the green activity light would provide me with a light show :laugh: Steve

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                              Robert Surtees
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                              A Classic. I bet that baby kept your neighbors up at night. :) Since we're strolling down memory lane, I had the joy of using the 1130[^] in school. The best part was the console above the keypad that displayed the contents of the various registers one bulb per bit. Quite a show.

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