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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: 1395985 on Sat, 07 April 2012, 16:32:26

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: 1395985 on Sat, 07 April 2012, 16:32:26

Ahhh, dialup :-D

Back in the days when people weren't yet quite as spoilt and rude as they are now, we actually *valued* getting online, because it took effort. Nowadays, everyone walks around with this self-satisfied air of "entitlement" and pointless addiction to 24/7 connectivity and web presence, wherever they are... makes me sad.

Value what you have, it's ALL just temporary.

I dug out an old V92 modem (these things used to be £50+) and got it connected, for your delectation:


[video=youtube;21TapA0G-tc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21TapA0G-tc[/video]

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: 1391401 on Sat, 07 April 2012, 19:56:25

Oh man whenever I buy anything the first thing that goes is that protective clear plastic tape ... watching that made me nostalgia hard and then get very anxious about the tape you left on the front there

edit: also ... nice name

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: Zamorph on Sun, 08 April 2012, 10:55:34

Ahhhhh THAT SOUND!

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: Kazen on Sun, 08 April 2012, 13:29:43

funny thing is my cisco 2610 still has a port that supports an auxillary connection! **** yea :D

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: reaper on Sun, 08 April 2012, 14:25:48

Hah, I still remember my first 14.4 Kbps modem and when I upgraded to 28.8 and I thought, man, that was fast! lol

I used to go to sleep while downloading the latest version of Netscape over the phone line hoping no one calls ('cause then I'd have to restart the download >< ).

Title: Dialup internet... in HD
Post by: net2522 on Sun, 08 April 2012, 16:33:43

Remind me, when I was download .mp3 song like 3.58mb it's took only 20min!! superfast!! (damn Technology) :rofl: