SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (06/09/87)
I just hung a Courier 2400 on my Apple and called the mainframe. It is truly amazing how much difference there is between 2400 and 1200 baud! I started out at 110 baud (old aren't I) on a KSR-33 TTY (when the "Steves" Woz both babes) and remember thinking how "quick" 300 baud was (back in the days of line by line mainframe computing). 1200 baud (years later) was equally awesome (and by that time, full screen display made it nearly essential). However, those gains were 3 times and 4 times what I had become used to (I can't IMAGINE going back to 110 baud, although it seemed okay when I first started -- heck before that it was strictly batch off punch cards (FORTRAN looked great compared to Bell-1). I hadn't expected a mere doubling of speed to be so magical (although I expected to notice file transfer in only half the time). If you have an employer looking for a reasonable use for some equipment money, I highly recommend a Courier 2400! Rats... now I'm going to get spoiled and have to buy one with my own money to use at home. (and speaking of nostalgia... how many of you all ever saved a program on paper tape?)
ernst@AFIT-AB.ARPA ("Thomas J. Ernst") (06/09/87)
I have saved on paper tape back in 1966, at General Electric, using a Teletype terminal.
ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft 862-6728", 814) (03/14/89)
EST Original note: > >I've used a 1200 at home and a 2400 at work for some time now. The >difference (2 to 1) IS NOT as noticeable as the difference between 300 >and 1200 (4 to 1). In fact, since I can neither read nor type at 120 >characters a second, I haven't found the greater speed of 2400 worth the >$$$ to upgrade my modem at home (I'll be tempted once I see a really Hmmm... don't you use full-screen cms? Twice as fast for screen refreshes i