I bet I got you all beat, for geezerdom. I learned to program Fortran on punch cards. 3 runs a day and output was delivered by a messenger, human that is. No freakin’ internet for me! If I remember right, our mainframe, a CDC 3600 had 512K of memory.
Merry Christmas, fellow Livecoders. Bill Prothero Sent from my iPad > On Dec 22, 2021, at 5:14 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > OK, memory lane time. > > Before we had 1200 baud modems, we used to use acoustic couplers. I often > used one to call from the main office (England) to our US office, at a > mind-blowing 300 baud. > > Problem was, in those days (1978 I think), even voice transatlantic calls > were hit or miss. Often you got a undersea cable connection (slight delay and > echo, but you could have an almost normal conversation), other times you got > a satellite connection (usually little or no echo but very high latency, > making conversation frustrating). > > The acoustic coupler call would fail if you got the wrong kind of connection, > so we'd usually wait until the middle for the night to make it more likely > we'd get a successful call. > > Ah fond memories of the days when I could stay up till 3am and still function > the next day :-) > > Alex. > >> On 23/12/2021 00:41, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote: >> I must be in the really ancient fogey range. >> >> I remember 1200 baud modems. In the late ’80s a teacher at our high school >> in Wawa, Ontario got his hands on one. It was the size of an air fryer. Our >> computer club at the school hooked it up to a Commodore PET 2001 and tried >> to connect to Compuserve. Long waits listening to modem squeals but we >> never managed to get connected then. We were in Wawa which is on the north >> shore of Lake Superior so maybe the phone connection was not good enough. >> Here is the state of the art then, >> http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html >> <http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html> >> >> I also remember my Apple GeoPort modem with my Mac Quadra 660AV I think. >> https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort <https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort> >> >> From the above article here are GeoPort speeds. >> GeoPort Telecom Adapter M1694LL/B - 14.4 kilobaud >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/baud> (kbps) >> GeoPort Telecom Adapter (II) M2117LL/A - 28.8 kilobaud >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/baud> (kbps) >> GeoPort Telecom Adapter II M5438LL/A - 33.6 kilobaud >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/baud> (kbps) >> >> Martin >> >> >>>> On Dec 22, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download >>> page in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec. >>> >>> <old fogey> I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we >>> were styling ridiculous </old fogey> >>> >>> Ralph DiMola >>> IT Director >>> Evergreen Information Services >>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf >>> Of William Prothero via use-livecode >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM >>> To: JJS via use-livecode >>> Cc: William Prothero >>> Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow >>> >>> Folks: >>> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. >>> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be >>> the livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering. >>> >>> Best, >>> Bill >>> >>> William Prothero >>> waproth...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
