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What was the first modem you ever had? How fast was it? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2400 on a 386SX IIRC, I was late to the game. I started connecting when I moved to Coherent OS from DOS. I used kermit to dial into work. Work would then call back so I would avoid any charges:)

They had USENET on a SUNOS plus I could download source for items I wanted.

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