From: "Mercyful Fate"    
      
   $ Netsurge mentioned . .   
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   >  > yeah 300 was bascially only good for text chat, or message reading.. but   
   >  > still slow.. I remember first doign lightbars in 2400 and had to remove   
   >  > them casue even with overwrite's.. it was slow as a snail..   
   >    
   > I remember 130 baud, but then again i'm old.   
      
   Yeah i'm sad to say i didn't get my first computer till 91 when i got my first   
   2400 modem, i think maybe 9600 was out there too, it was a cheap compudyne   
   modem from comp usa that i threw into my 286 , i really wanted the 386 but my   
   mom baught the wrong one on home shopping club.. haha :)   
      
   Some friends of mine had earlier systems and modems.. but i didn't get   
   to play with their stuff much other then playing games.. :(   
      
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