Re: Bad math?
Hactar
Lee Ayrton <lay...@panix.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:25:52 +0000, Opus the Penguin wrote:
>
> > Are my assumptions off? Is my math? Even if so, my instincts are
> > good, right? There's no way a 2400 baud modem could download a
> > 28.1MB file in an hour an a half. Back in those days, you would have
> > drooled over a modem that blazingly fast.
>
> Heh. Remember when 14.4 was the absolute limit, because speeds were
> hitting their heads on the bandwidth limitation inherent to copper pairs?
They said that about each new developement, sorta like they say it with
aspects of AI (speech production, route planning, natural language
processing, etc.).
> I don't know if it was ever implemented, but the Opus CBCS developers were
> working on a file transfer protocol called Janus that was supposed
> to eek out the last remaining bit of speed available by enabling
> simultaneous two-way data transfers.
"Bimodem" did that. Reportedly, as I never saw it.
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Hactar
Opus the Penguin <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I suppose that window is still open for many here. I'm not sure if I
> could stick a 3.5" floppy drive in this system if I wanted to. I know
> I have at least one lying around, but I'm not sure how I'd attach it
> to the motherboard. There might be an available cable for the
> purpose. I'm not curious enough to find out.
I have a dead 3.5" drive in my computer connected to the motherboard but
such drives tend to die not from overuse but from dust inhalation, so
rather than replace it in each computer every (increasingly rare) time I
needed a 3.5" drive I got a USB one.
> I don't think I have a 5.25" drive anywhere. Anyone got one hooked up
> to their modern computer?
Some cables still support two drives, and I think most BIOSes do but I
haven't seen one in the wild in some years. I haven't needed one in
longer.
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