Early internetworking connections

From: Bill Gunshannon <bill_at_cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 8 10:50:16 2001

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Roger Merchberger wrote:

>
> Holey-Moley - Y'all had the big toyz! ;-)
>
> I started with my CoCo2 & a 300baud Radio Shack mumble-modem
>
> ...And I was dialing 400 miles away (long distance out-of-state

I had a PortaCom-110 hardcopy terminal (larger than an IBM Selectric)
with integrated accoustic coupler 110 baud modem.

And I walked to school everyday in 6 feet of snow, uphill both ways!! :-)

bill
PS. I thought it was a giant leap in technology when I saw my first
     TI Silent 700.

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