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echo: memories
to: Kurt Weiske
from: Joe Mackey
date: 2014-03-26 05:36:48
subject: The early days

Kurt Weiske -> Joe Mackey wrote:


 JM>>   Cost was prohibitive at the time, it was up to $5 an hour to
 KW> connect and would take two hours to download an entire edition.

 KW> I remember the argument that 300 baud was about the speed people could
 KW> read, so why would you need anything faster?

  I suppose a speed reader would need a faster connection. :)
  Joe

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