tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post7528883228341011843..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Big Anniversary Coming UpBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-58863617479547888132014-03-12T12:53:48.508-06:002014-03-12T12:53:48.508-06:00I jumped on 28.8 and splurged a year or two later ...I jumped on 28.8 and splurged a year or two later for the PCMCIA 56k modem card.....that I used like twice because I went overseas and no intertubes there in 96 and when I got back I had broadband. Still got the card though, cause it's small. Hasn't been a PCMCIA computer in my life for about 12 years.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-4293303133926678582014-03-12T10:25:05.719-06:002014-03-12T10:25:05.719-06:00I spent quite a bit of time yesterday trying to re...I spent quite a bit of time yesterday trying to remember what it was like to surf the net at 4.8kbps... and less. It also seemed like I was buying a new modem every time I turned around, I think 19.2kbps was my last before I got broadband. But yeah... good times! Better times, today.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-67824763308164002872014-03-11T23:43:35.079-06:002014-03-11T23:43:35.079-06:00I remember those days well. Me with my 2400 baud m...I remember those days well. Me with my 2400 baud modem, access through the Oakland Public Library and the wild speed of a Mac Color Classic II. No we could not run MOSAIC though we tried mightily and went to many BBS looking for a solution other than, buy a PC. <br />I remember going to an Expeditionary Warfare Conference in Panama City in 98 and seeing something called VISUALIZATION running on one of the computers outside the meeting hall. It was a program being flogged to use all source overhead imagery to show what was at any geo coordinate on the earth. It was clearly going to be a high side application but we got the gist using some of NASAs photo satellites and aircraft imagery. "You could drill all the way from orbit down to a street address!"<br /><br />Yea, it was really cool. Google put it out as a service a few years later and look at it now.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-86203471707955133072014-03-11T12:52:19.422-06:002014-03-11T12:52:19.422-06:00Reagan didn't get immediate results, did he?Reagan didn't get immediate results, did he?Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-2002764915248174242014-03-11T12:42:07.006-06:002014-03-11T12:42:07.006-06:00Of course, Reagan's speech was in '87.Of course, Reagan's speech was in '87.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-84606696730882992082014-03-11T12:39:26.960-06:002014-03-11T12:39:26.960-06:00...and the Berlin Wall was destroyed in November.
......and the Berlin Wall was destroyed in November.<br />Hmmmmm!(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com