This article about a BBS sysop brings back sweet memories of the dial-up modem days.
I was a youngster in 1989 when I got a 1200 baud modem from the publisher of a Dutch Amiga magazine, so I didn't need to deliver my articles on a diskette anymore.
The connection was so slow, you could see the characters appear on screen one by one. Something that persisted in movies for 10-15 years.
My mum exploded when she saw the first phone bill after I started using the modem. 😅
@metin good times, my first modem exp was with a 2400 one, build into my uncle's laptop. not much later i started my own BBS, a 2 node usrobotics 28.8kbps system with 1GB of storage! focussed on (pc) demo scene releases. i still don't know how i managed to pay for it all as a teenager.
@metin my first modem was a 300 baud, but it was probably not eralier than 1993. In a couple of years I go from there to a 1200 baud and then to the LIGHTING FAST Supra FaxModem 28.8!
In the years that followed, my modems evolved from 1200 to 2400, 9600, 14K4 and 28K8. The 14K4 started to get really useful, allowing you to download a complete diskette in less than an hour.
And the ZModem protocol allowed me to continue a partial download, in case my mom accidentally broke the connection by starting a voice call downstairs, getting squeaky modem sounds in her ear. 😆😅
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