>>>>>>Oddly enough, I still remember with some clarity my first PC connectivity. It was via a 300 baud modem, which was state of the art at the time. When Hayes came out with a 1200 baud modem it was considered a great leap forward.
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>>>>>Yeah, I still have my old Apple IIe with it's 300 baud modem. Of course, back then, all the BBS's were strictly text, so it didn't seem so bad.
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>>>>There we go again dating ourselves. :)
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>>>>I'm sure in other forums (maybe php or maybe flash stuff), people would ask: 300 what? Hayes who? {gd&r}
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>>>I was 1 1/2 years old when I bought my first Apple II computer. Carrying it home was my biggest problem. ;)
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>>I was older. About 24 and it was a Tandy 1000 from Radio Shack. Learned how to program in BASIC on my own.
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>Did you ever use the infamous "Trash 80"?

That was that one-piece thing they first came out with in the late 70s wasn't it? TRS-80? My older brother got one, but I was fortunate enough to wait a couple years.