[SATLUG] OT- C64 for sale

[mike wn5pmr]

Geoff wrote:
> Aaron Hackney wrote:
>> The C64 was my first computer. I begged and begged my parents for one 
>> for Christmas 1983. I got one with a Tape drive! I was in heaven. I 
>> mowed lawns all summer and saved enough $$ for a 1541 disk drive. I 
>> played games 24x7 on that thing. I got introduced to BBSing a short 
>> time later with my 300 baud (Yep, they weren't using bits-per-second 
>> yet lol) modem cartridge.
>> I *LOVED* gaming on that computer! ;)
>> As for the one for sale...it's worthless broken. Too light to be a 
>> boat anchor or a door stop ;)
>
> I would venture a guess that there's not many people in SATLUG that 
> have ever had to deal with 300 baud modems (I have) or, for that 
> matter, have ever had to deal with setting up a phone modem.
>
> Show of hands, people..
>
> who has known only broadband access to the 'net?
>
>
My 1st modem was a 300 baud, had just about every speed in between since 
then. Even though I'm on the most basic DSL available I hope to never 
have to go back. Even ran one time on 160 ? baud. Got to know one of the 
techs at the ISP I was using in Spokane, WA
Had some minor trouble getting/staying online. While chatting about it 
we got talking about the old 300 baud modems. Some how the even slower 
speed came up and we decided to give it a try. Showing my radio roots it 
was very much akin to reading RTTY coming across the printer.

Mike WN5PMR