On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:28:02 -0500, Lee Michaels wrote:

"Scott Lurndal" wrote

Youse guys and your high tech. My first modem was 110-baud
acoustic coupler

Is this turning into a retro technology ****ing match??

Naah, just the old-farts club meeting.

My first modem was a set of drums I used to communicate with the next
village. :-)

We used to _dream_ of having drumsticks. We had to take rocks, break 'em
into pieces, swallow them, and then, er, Damn. Where was I going with
that?