"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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.
Last edited by Master Razor; 02.02.13 at 21:15.
And softmodems were cheaper but drained the CPU to work! Good memories.
"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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?
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!
Like this:
Mine sounded really awful. I guess modems sound different if they are internal and use the system speaker as a sound device.
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.
Last edited by Master Razor; 03.02.13 at 03:29.
I thought, that 256 Kbps was the minimum in India this is too low.
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