[olug] Cox High Speed Internet

[Eric Lusk]

CP/M... the O/S that "inspired" MS-DOS :)
--- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:

> Reminiscing always tokes me back to my old Kaypro 2
> and 10. The 10 had a
> 300 bpw modem built in but I found a 1200bps that
> hooked to the serial
> port for about $100.  It had a 10 mb hard drive and
> was all  text based
> -- none of this GOO-I stuff! :-) I liked using CP/M
> (that's their OS).
> Ahhhh nostalgia! Would I go back? Naahhhhh! Unless
> there was a Kaypro 
> Linux port  .. .. . 
> 
> Don Kauffman 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 14:54, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > Um . . . in 1982 I would dial into a BBS with my
> Radio
> > Shack Color Computer II and a 300bps (that's
> .3kbps)
> > modem.  I remember when 2.4kbps came out, and that
> was
> > screaming! 9.6kbps was unheard of for
> > consumer/residential use, that kind of speed was
> for
> > data centers!
> > 
> > On a side note, I would then have to download to
> audio
> > tape, shut down, remove the modem cartridge, plug
> in
> > the floppy drive cartridge, start up, and transfer
> > from audio tape to floppy drive.
> > 
> > OS/9 was a POSIX OS for the Color Computer and it
> was
> > awesome!
> > 
> > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
> > --- Gregory Thomas <netsaint at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Who remembers when 9.6k was enough?
> > > 
> > > Now, we have a entire generation moaning "why
> cant i
> > > have it now"
> > > 
> > > Ben Dinger wrote:
> > > 
> > > >On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 05:18:17PM -0700, Eric
> Lusk
> > > wrote:
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >>My only problem with Cox is when I had them
> before
> > > >>they blocked port 80 :(  I run a web server,
> so
> > > ended
> > > >>up with Qwest's new 1500 down/1024 up package.
> > > >>I guess you CAN get the port 80 block taken
> off,
> > > but
> > > >>from what I heard it's somewhat spendy, have
> to
> > > call
> > > >>it a "business" account.
> > > >>    
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >That new Qwest package is by far THE SHIT.  I
> saved
> > > my company several hundred dolares a month by
> going
> > > to the 1.5/1 (or 896) package in our Fremont
> offsite
> > > instead of our old 768/768 circuit.  According
> to
> > > Qwest (when we signed up), to get the port
> blockage
> > > off all you need is a static IP block.  No
> biggie
> > > there. 
> > > >
> > > >Oh, and, it became a conveinent place for me to
> put
> > > my web/email server due to extermely low
> utilization
> > > of the connection there, and well - ALLTEL'S DSL
> > > TIERS SUCK THE BALLS AND ASS. Oh, did I say
> that? :)
> > > 
> > > >
> > > >Anyway, I really, really, wish that we could
> get
> > > the speed options in Lincoln that you omaha folk
> are
> > > blessed with.  The best economy-wise we can do
> is
> > > TWC's 3MB/384k Cable.  Alltel's "best" upload
> > > offering is the 512k/512k DSL "ultra".  They
> should
> > > be shot. 
> > > >
> > > >Ahem.. anyway, heh.. lucky bastards ;). 
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > 
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