RE: WorldWideWeb, as it was.
02-21-2019, 08:28 PM (This post was last modified: 02-21-2019, 08:29 PM by robkelk.)
02-21-2019, 08:28 PM (This post was last modified: 02-21-2019, 08:29 PM by robkelk.)
Ever watch The Starlost? (If so, sorry...) Remember the text-only computers that had the characters appear so slowy that you could see them appear?
Those were real terminals, and that was the actual speed they worked at - 110 baud. (Not 110k - 110,000, twice as fast as the fastest dialup before people started using broadband everywhere - 110.) They were nowhere near powerful enough to run the CERN browser, which didn't exist at the time anyway.
And I know this because I had the opportunity to use a terminal exactly like them, on the fastest dialup available at the time. (That network no longer exists.) Granted, the terminal that I got to use had a switch that would allow use at 300 baud - so fast that the words popped up as words, not one letter after the other.
Later, I got to use paper tape...
Those were real terminals, and that was the actual speed they worked at - 110 baud. (Not 110k - 110,000, twice as fast as the fastest dialup before people started using broadband everywhere - 110.) They were nowhere near powerful enough to run the CERN browser, which didn't exist at the time anyway.
And I know this because I had the opportunity to use a terminal exactly like them, on the fastest dialup available at the time. (That network no longer exists.) Granted, the terminal that I got to use had a switch that would allow use at 300 baud - so fast that the words popped up as words, not one letter after the other.
Later, I got to use paper tape...
--
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown