7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
10:18 a.m.
On 7 Aug 2008 at 9:02, Gene Buckle wrote:
300 baud was great for reading messages, but it sucked
hard when doing a
full-disk transfer (Punter!) on a C-64. The sad thing is that the net has
degraded into such a spam fest that real boards are starting to look
pretty attractive again. While much diminished in size, FidoNet is still
around and so are many other networks based on FidoNet standards. DoveNET
has been doing really well in the last few years due to the resurgent
Synchronet BBS software.
Inbetwixt the 1200 and 2400 baud periods, does anyone remember the
Racal-Vadic protocol? ISTR, it was something like 1800 baud, using a
3450(?) modem. I had a couple of those back then; just wired them
into the telco line without a DAA. When you called someone with
another Racal modem, the difference in speed from 1200 was quite
obvious.
Cheers,
Chuck