[olug] Cox High Speed Internet

Tue Aug 24 16:28:44 UTC 2004

I started out in 1985 with DOS 2.1 on an 8086 with 5 1/4 diskettes and no
HD.
I did have CGA instead of Monochrome for display.
640K RAM seemed like a lot then.
I stared out with 256K RAM and upgraded it in 1986.
I got a 30 MB hard drive in 1987.
I moved to my first 80386 in 1992.
I ran Coherent UNIX on it before LINUX was a common name and they went out
of business.

I remember connecting with Win 3.1 and SLIP to get on the Internet in 1996.
I started using the Internet in 1995 with a CUI.
Then later in the year I got GUI access.

At work we used 1200 BAUD modems until 2000 for mission critical application
access.
We did have a 2400 BAUD for dial in support using ProComm or Telix or
XTalk..

Now I have high speed and dial-up access to the Internet at home and work.
We have Cox at Work and I have wireless at home.
I do run 38400 BAUD for dial in support now also with PPP.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry" <td3201 at gmail.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Cox High Speed Internet

> 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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