LOL that really sums up the relevant technology back then. It`s funny how quickly we integrate and take the upgrades for granted. Someone picking up the phone used to be a nightmare if you were downloading a massive (usually <5mb) file. My parents used to moan all the time about me tying up the phone line. P.s. I`m so glad i`m rid of AOL and their crappy integrated browser.
My first PC at Uni was an Olivetti running on Win3.1 and then I upgraded to Win95 - what a day that was. Some of that shit was heavy, heavy dope man! I miss the days of hearing that comforting sound of the 56k modem linking to the telephone line and all that data noise.
Me too, it really is strange to not hear it anymore. As you would always be connecting and disconnecting it was pretty much the sound of my early teens. It kind of reminds of pornography for some reason .
Actually someone wrote an emulator for that sound which will delay your ADSL connection until the sound has finished playing. I got this long ago from a magazine disc. :lol: Ontopic: Oh yeah, I remember when people still had pagers and portable phones were super heavy and not really portable.
It's funny that even that portrayal in the video was optimistic - something like dialing into a BBS or chatting on IRC seems more likely. This inspired me to show a phone I have from the olden days; it worked great in the 90s. I wish there was an analog network I could use it on. The phone on the right is what I have now. Amazing.
Wow, you kept your phone? I recycle all of mine so they are all gone, but my first phone was a Sony mobile. Quite literally a heavy brick with a very long antenna. I do remember the 1980's yuppies with their "mobile" phones which were literally a small box the size of a PS2 phat with a handle, antenna and a curly cord to the actual mouthpiece. Utterly useless up a mountain, or actually just round the corner of a tall building. Almost "line of sight" phone. :lol:
I got one! :lol: Prevented my dad from trowing it away a couple of years ago. For some reason I like old electronics. I think my dad actually used the thing btw.
