[olug] Cox High Speed Internet

Tue Aug 24 01:41:11 UTC 2004

Yes

Terry <td3201 at gmail.com> wrote ..
> I remember Win95.  Does that make me cool enough to post on the "I am
> old" thread?
> 
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:27:57 -0500, John Dickson <jman at neonramp.com> wrote:
> > My memory has faded with all the time past. I remember core memory, bubble
> memory, audio tape, and the big jump to the 2400 modem. Even some of the
> big equipment that ran panels and panels of BCD lights to interpret condition/status.
> A 40 meg hard drive was about 90 pounds nearly 2 feat tall and as wide,
> made by Singer. I just don't recall what the hell I used it for.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote ..
> > 
> > 
> > > CP/M... the O/S that "inspired" MS-DOS :)
> > > --- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Reminiscing always tokes me back to my old Kaypro 2
> > > > and 10. The 10 had a
> > > > 300 bpw modem built in but I found a 1200bps that
> > > > hooked to the serial
> > > > port for about $100.  It had a 10 mb hard drive and
> > > > was all  text based
> > > > -- none of this GOO-I stuff! :-) I liked using CP/M
> > > > (that's their OS).
> > > > Ahhhh nostalgia! Would I go back? Naahhhhh! Unless
> > > > there was a Kaypro
> > > > Linux port  .. .. .
> > > >
> > > > Don Kauffman
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 14:54, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > > > > Um . . . in 1982 I would dial into a BBS with my
> > > > Radio
> > > > > Shack Color Computer II and a 300bps (that's
> > > > .3kbps)
> > > > > modem.  I remember when 2.4kbps came out, and that
> > > > was
> > > > > screaming! 9.6kbps was unheard of for
> > > > > consumer/residential use, that kind of speed was
> > > > for
> > > > > data centers!
> > > > >
> > > > > On a side note, I would then have to download to
> > > > audio
> > > > > tape, shut down, remove the modem cartridge, plug
> > > > in
> > > > > the floppy drive cartridge, start up, and transfer
> > > > > from audio tape to floppy drive.
> > > > >
> > > > > OS/9 was a POSIX OS for the Color Computer and it
> > > > was
> > > > > awesome!
> > > > >
> > > > > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > > > > cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
> > > > > --- Gregory Thomas <netsaint at cox.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Who remembers when 9.6k was enough?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, we have a entire generation moaning "why
> > > > cant i
> > > > > > have it now"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ben Dinger wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 05:18:17PM -0700, Eric
> > > > Lusk
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >>My only problem with Cox is when I had them
> > > > before
> > > > > > >>they blocked port 80 :(  I run a web server,
> > > > so
> > > > > > ended
> > > > > > >>up with Qwest's new 1500 down/1024 up package.
> > > > > > >>I guess you CAN get the port 80 block taken
> > > > off,
> > > > > > but
> > > > > > >>from what I heard it's somewhat spendy, have
> > > > to
> > > > > > call
> > > > > > >>it a "business" account.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >That new Qwest package is by far THE SHIT.  I
> > > > saved
> > > > > > my company several hundred dolares a month by
> > > > going
> > > > > > to the 1.5/1 (or 896) package in our Fremont
> > > > offsite
> > > > > > instead of our old 768/768 circuit.  According
> > > > to
> > > > > > Qwest (when we signed up), to get the port
> > > > blockage
> > > > > > off all you need is a static IP block.  No
> > > > biggie
> > > > > > there.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Oh, and, it became a conveinent place for me to
> > > > put
> > > > > > my web/email server due to extermely low
> > > > utilization
> > > > > > of the connection there, and well - ALLTEL'S DSL
> > > > > > TIERS SUCK THE BALLS AND ASS. Oh, did I say
> > > > that? :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Anyway, I really, really, wish that we could
> > > > get
> > > > > > the speed options in Lincoln that you omaha folk
> > > > are
> > > > > > blessed with.  The best economy-wise we can do
> > > > is
> > > > > > TWC's 3MB/384k Cable.  Alltel's "best" upload
> > > > > > offering is the 512k/512k DSL "ultra".  They
> > > > should
> > > > > > be shot.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Ahem.. anyway, heh.. lucky bastards ;).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
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