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What was the first modem you ever had? How fast was it? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

C64 VICModem. 300 baud, manual dial. :)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That was my first one as well.

My first PC modem was the US Robotics Sportster 14400 FAX Modem. A cool feature was that you could flip a couple of bits and it would do 19200. USR reportedly grumbled about that breaking the warranty and using it against its design limits, but it worked great.

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