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I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like
"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."
<fake Yorkshire accent>
56k modem? Luxury! When I were a lad ...
@TheLancashireman Yeah, I've already had a mate saying "Pah! 2800 baud rate was all we had".
I'm not actually sure how fast(slow) my first connection was, because after I finished my MA in 1991 I was offline for about 8 years and missed all the very slow bits!
@Janeishly @TheLancashireman I started at 300 baud. I can still picture the Tandy/Radio Shack modem.
@shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman same, and I still hear the music in my head to some games I played on the Commodore 64
@griff @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman The Tooth Invaders music lives in my brain forever. https://youtu.be/twCd20yCJKk?si=sn5OdvJq5xIDvhL6
@baconandcoconut @griff @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman I can still hear the start of Impossible Mission: ‘Ah, another visitor. Stay awhile. Staaaay forever!’
Mushy faux-sample playing by tweaking the SID chip the right way. It was magic to me.
@Salty @baconandcoconut @shawnhooper @Janeishly @TheLancashireman Oh wow, haven’t thought about that yet in forever. If we going down the rabbit hole I’d like to throw out Mail Order Monsters, Dungeon Master, Archon, and Alternate Reality which music I still remember wi th the lyrics : https://youtu.be/rToUCArXc0Q?si=6vKjw1_E2GMeaq2E