@MaruZenunim @Carin_McLeoud in my day fast was 2400 baud but the chat boards were still 300 baud, when 9600 bps came out it was ♬AMAZING♬
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@Carin_McLeoud i'm having kind of a weird moment because i can't remember what we called the chat boards, chatters or what1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Carin_McLeoud they used 300 baud modems because they were almost the only multiline places and it was cheaper1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Carin_McLeoud but there was some specific term of art for them1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Carin_McLeoud i'll ask@petdance, he'll know. hey@petdance, what did we call 300 baud chat boards back in the day? chatters?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chaosprime @MaruZenunim@Carin_McLeoud You're thinking of ddial, genericized from Diversi-Dial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversi-Dial …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@petdance yes! thanks! @MaruZenunim @Carin_McLeoud
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