my real speed test

[anon]

Chatrooms as in IRC?

A few local sites which used a Web-based interface. Apparently, they're still around.

If dial-up fees hadn't been a problem, I'd sure have spent a great deal of time online, even if the web of back then didn't offer as much as it does today.

[Master Razor]

Navigation was terrible mostly was due to my 14K modem. And get this: it was already used (bought it second hand).
So, I was charged by the hour for a download speed of less than half of the dial-up standards.

[anon]

And softmodems were cheaper but drained the CPU to work! Good memories.

[Master Razor]

Never noticed the CPU drain but I did own a softmodem.
I imagine on a 233Mhz computer I would of noticed it. That was the PC I was using at that time.
Was the drain noticeable on max. speeds?

[SomeGuy]

I remember a friend of mine was always showing off his US Robotics modem. And I still have nostalgia for the sound that the modem makes when you dialup to start an internet session. That sound bring back so many memories!

[Master Razor]

Like this:


Mine sounded really awful. I guess modems sound different if they are internal and use the system speaker as a sound device.

[anon]

Was the drain noticeable on max. speeds?

Good question. I really don't remember.

You were able to turn the speaker off, though

[Master Razor]

I remember using pillows in an attempt to stop that noise. I was trying to reconnect after 00:00... It would of been OK if it was just one reconnect but once I was disconnect I could not connect again due to the limited number of connections available for that account. So I tried ...and tried... and tried in the middle of the night.

[feer]

I thought, that 256 Kbps was the minimum in India this is too low.