The Golden Days of the 56k
Wednesday, 19. August 2009, 20:34:44
For 99% of us, the good, old and tremendously annoying 56k telephone modem is all history.
But as it often happens with things long gone, nostalgia takes over and the old stuff appears in our memory to be bathed in golden light. We don't remember the backdraws anymore, or we remember the backdraws as something quaint and cosy. The good, old days in short.
If you, like I, have been betrayed by nostalgia and think that it would be nice once again to be able to connect to this much spoken of new-fangled Internet via a super fast 56k telephone modem, click the picture and connect the good, old fashioned way.
Aaah - that wonderful sound
But as it often happens with things long gone, nostalgia takes over and the old stuff appears in our memory to be bathed in golden light. We don't remember the backdraws anymore, or we remember the backdraws as something quaint and cosy. The good, old days in short.
If you, like I, have been betrayed by nostalgia and think that it would be nice once again to be able to connect to this much spoken of new-fangled Internet via a super fast 56k telephone modem, click the picture and connect the good, old fashioned way.
Aaah - that wonderful sound
WIDGETIZE
Stardancer # 19. August 2009, 20:37
Allan # 19. August 2009, 20:41
Nicolas Borgsmidt # 19. August 2009, 21:08
Allan # 19. August 2009, 21:14
Nicolas Borgsmidt # 19. August 2009, 21:25
Angeliki # 19. August 2009, 21:43
holly crapola! that's what this box is all about! I saw it a neighbors house and I thougt it was somw kind of recording revie!
Ana # 19. August 2009, 22:09
Originally posted by nopanic:
Me too.PainterWoman # 19. August 2009, 23:13
Gyrobo # 20. August 2009, 00:07
Darko # 20. August 2009, 04:46
I still have 56k modem PCI card inside of my computer. In case that my adsl stops working (it happened twice i last 3 years) I can use it for connecting. Once a week I connect to Internet that way becaus I have two e-mail addresses I need to have and pay for them, but need to check the mail connected with 56k modem
Allan # 20. August 2009, 07:08
Pam, same for you - never saw one? Seriously?
Gyrobo, no - that far my memory don't go back. But it was fantastic to see. Thank you.
Darko, now I wonder - why do you have to check those emails via an old modem?
Léazz # 20. August 2009, 08:02
Darko # 20. August 2009, 08:09
Allan # 20. August 2009, 09:09
der Wandersmann # 20. August 2009, 15:20
But I do remember being impressed by the technological sophistication of those folk with computers next to their phones, and the "cradle" modem that one placed the handset into ... wow!
But I'm old enough to remember the old "stick" telephones, too ... and the little niches in the wall which held them.
PainterWoman # 20. August 2009, 17:36
Allan # 20. August 2009, 17:48
I am amazed how many haven't seen a telephone modem. I thought they were used practically everywhere in the nineties.
Edward Piercy # 20. August 2009, 19:43
Incredibly slow. Much happier now.
WillYum # 20. August 2009, 21:42
Allan # 20. August 2009, 21:49
Indeed, Yum.
Léazz # 21. August 2009, 04:17
Peter James Batty # 22. August 2009, 10:49
I remember various arguments about the phone bill in the early days!
It's amazing that was the best available speed - 4kb/s download - at the time. Now I get at least 100 times that on my current connection, wirelessly.
Fun page by the way, thanks!
Allan # 22. August 2009, 10:58
I was online the first time in '96 - and have been since.
Richard # 23. August 2009, 19:18
Allan # 23. August 2009, 19:29
Richard # 23. August 2009, 19:31