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mechanab t1_iu4j1xb wrote

Reply to comment by SgtRamonRuiz in This was a high end laptop in 1989. It’d cost 12,000 $ in today’s prices by Read_Icculus_

There was lots to connect to. CompuServe was already pretty big by this time. Lots of BBSs and universities. Listserv was just getting started I think.

I got my first modem around 1982. It was 300 baud and my mom was always pissed because I would be using the phone line for hours.

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SgtRamonRuiz t1_iu4jr0h wrote

Lots of money for a listserv. I just can’t imagine being mobile and wanting/needing/being able to connect.

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mechanab t1_iu4lor6 wrote

The mobility was for business. My older sister needed to travel for work and had one of those suitcase Compaq luggables. She would need to dial in as well. This was around 1986 I think.

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Masters_1989 t1_iu7ir2d wrote

That's incredible. I never knew things started so early.

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