-=> mark lewis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 SD>> My birth father still uses AOL dialup, IIRC.  He does still use his
 SD>> AOL address; that's the only email address he's had besides work
 SD>> (he's now retired again).  I know he's had it for probably at least
 SD>> 20 years now or some such...

 DD> I still have a Net-Zero account so I *could* do dial-up. But I only have
 DD> one computer left with a built in modem and an RJ-11 port. And I'd have
 DD> to disable the call waiting on my single land-line.

 ml> that's easy enough to do with the right *code in the dialing string...

 ml> eg:
 ml> ATDT*70Wyour-number-here

 ml> *70 disables call-waiting
 ml> W waits for the dial tone to return

 ml> some people used commas instead of W... commas were like 2 second
 ml> pauses... the W is best, though...

I have those * codes laminated and saved. Used them many times - especially 
before I got a second line for the BBS I was running.

 DD> No idea where my U. S. Robotics 2400 baud modem disappeared to.

 ml> you can probably get a USR Courier with 56k capability off ebay for a
 ml> song and a dance these days... maybe $5US to $10US or so... the hard
 ml> part will likely be finding a RS-232 serial to USB connector that works
 ml> with your OS and software... this if your machine doesn't have any
 ml> traditional RS-232 ports or header on the MB ;)

Even the 2400 is faster than the TotalTel 300 baud I had on my C=64. I had a 
local BBS that I dialed into which rand on homebrew software on a Burroughs 
B20 mini-frame and had internet access. Did you ever download 80 column porn 
on a 300 baud modem to a 40 column conputer?    Bv)=

... I know exactly what a sextet is...  But I'd rather not say...
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