@realitista@lemmy.world to Gen X, the meh generation@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoI lovingly crafted this 100% realistic early 90s internet simulator so the young folks can get a feel for how I spent my teens.squabbles.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.comimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1850arrow-down115
arrow-up1835arrow-down1imageI lovingly crafted this 100% realistic early 90s internet simulator so the young folks can get a feel for how I spent my teens.squabbles.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com@realitista@lemmy.world to Gen X, the meh generation@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareFauxPseudo linkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoIt’s easy to tell that you had a 56k connection instead of a 33k one.
minus-square@TheGreenGolem@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
minus-square@Serpardum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI had a freaking 300 baud modem. Was happy when I got a 1,200 baud because I could read that fast. Download a 1 meg file for a day then have someone pickup the phone at 98% complete. Argh!
It’s easy to tell that you had a 56k connection instead of a 33k one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
I had a freaking 300 baud modem. Was happy when I got a 1,200 baud because I could read that fast.
Download a 1 meg file for a day then have someone pickup the phone at 98% complete. Argh!