[Dixonary] OT: Bauds, Bawds, and Boards

[EnDash@aol.com]

Hell, I recall accessing the Internet with one of those crystal and cat's
whisker devices that I built myself from a kit.

-- Dick


In a message dated 4/21/2008 10:55:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com writes:

1200 baud?! I remember being thrilled to get a 300 baud dialup after using a
110 baud TTY. Of course, Wayne probably remembers using semaphores or smoke
signals to access the internet.





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[Judy G. Russell]

In a message dated 4/21/2008 10:55:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com writes:

1200 baud?! I remember being thrilled to get a 300 baud dialup after using a
110 baud TTY. Of course, Wayne probably remembers using semaphores or smoke signals to access the internet.


The best thing about 300 baud was it was easy to ready things scrolling across your screen in real time. At 1200 it was hard, at 2400 impossible.

[Bill Hirst]

I remember Aldis lights and semaphore flags. Wikipedia says the Aldis
wasn't retired until 1997, which would have been several years after
satellite communication and other technologies made traditional radio
silence irrelevant.

The first computer connection I saw was a 120 or 300 baud acoustic
coupler. You dialed the phone manually and put the handset in a rubber
cradle. Then the teletype started printing: one. character. at. a.
time. <clank> <clank> and the paper went up one line. Then you typed.
Eight hours later you'd have maybe ten pages of chat. You hid it in
the garbage so the boss wouldn't know you'd been goofing off.

-Bill (somewhat junior to Curm, but he's older than dirt)

[Bill Hirst]

I remember Aldis lights and semaphore flags. Wikipedia says the Aldis
wasn't retired until 1997, which would have been several years after
satellite communication and other technologies made traditional radio
silence irrelevant.

The first computer connection I saw was a 120 or 300 baud acoustic
coupler. You dialed the phone manually and put the handset in a rubber
cradle. Then the teletype started printing: one. character. at. a.
time. <clank> <clank> and the paper went up one line. Then you typed.
Eight hours later you'd have maybe ten pages of chat. You hid it in
the garbage so the boss wouldn't know you'd been goofing off.

-Bill (somewhat junior to Curm, but he's older than dirt)

[Paul Keating]

The definition of "hacker" I have always liked best is 'someone who can
whistle a carriage return at 300 baud'.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy G. Russell" <jgr1 (AT) jgrussell (DOT) com>

> The best thing about 300 baud was it was easy to ready things scrolling
> across your screen in real time.