5redie8 to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat's your favorite memory from the early internet?message-squaremessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down15
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite memory from the early internet?5redie8 to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-squareGadgeteerZA@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThe dial-up tone. I used to be able to gauge how good the connection was going to be by the tones, as it would fall back to slower speeds if it could not connect at the highest speed. That tone meant connecting to the “world at large” for me.
The dial-up tone. I used to be able to gauge how good the connection was going to be by the tones, as it would fall back to slower speeds if it could not connect at the highest speed. That tone meant connecting to the “world at large” for me.