98' , telephone line and external us robotics 56k modem, which due to sucky line pulled only about 3 kb/s.
30 min per song download .. and starcraft ...
Topic: When did you first get on the internet? - page 8. (Read 5799 times)
I definitely cannot beat it. I used a computer in 1995 but I didn't get on the internet until waay after my dad stopped our subscription to Prodigy message boards. 
1999-2000 I think. I would have been 12-13 at the time. The system was an HP (families first computer) with a 466 Celeron, 256MB ram, a 20GB hard drive and a 56k soft modem. We would dial up at a blistering speed of 28.8kbps and on a good day, 32kbps. At some point I came across a hardware modem and using that I was able to get up to 46-48kbps.
Those were the days...
Those were the days...
A 486 Celeron - those were the ones without the math co-processors, right?. Future Shop (the US know them as Best Buy) wanted an extra $500 for the stupid math co-processor to make it a DX instead of an SX. Remember those terms? lol
56k was the fastest dial up speed back then - created using a 28.8k modem and data compression!
So far 1995 is the year to beat!
Err, 466 was the speed, not model - my bad. http://ark.intel.com/products/42097/Intel-Celeron-Processor-466-MHz-128K-Cache-66-MHz-FSB
I remember reading about people who would take multiple phone lines and modems and combine them to get faster connections. I always dreamed about doing that haha. It was probably around 2003-2005 when broadband starting to come into our area. My had a good friend at the local cable company (now Comcast). He gave us one of their test modems to use for a few months while they setup the network. It was uncapped and would hit 10mbps!! I had faster internet than anyone i knew at the time. After testing they knocked it down to 2-3mb i think.
For me it was early 1995. (Can anyone beat that?)
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
Yep. Was using the net using an early version of Dos, and some crappy modem (bing, bang bong! scrrrrrrrr) and dialing into usenet.
I want to say mid 80's, maybe early 90's.
ETA: Maybe first total internet experience, was CompuServe, whenever that came out.
Me, I first use computer on year 2002 on my school. We cannot afford to buy a computer during that time. This is also my first experience using the internet. I still remember my first search on internet explorer. I search the word "pussy".
For me it was early 1995. (Can anyone beat that?)
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
I thought I should beat you a bit. For me I started since 1993 approx.
At that time I was mainly using unix and Windows 3.1 machines to access the internet, but the connection speed was very slow of course.
Around that time 95 i guess. 286/386. Was using Erols at the time. I remember my sister getting annoyed with me hogging the phone line all the time. .
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2000, i think
Yeah, the 486DX was the first Celeron to have co math processors.
I was on a friend's computer a few times that was online in 1995, but I am not sure that counts. I had my first computer with internet access in 1996, a 386 that I got more than my money (or should I say my parents' money) out of playing Quake online on a 14.4 modem. The constant 600 ping made it feel like a skating rink. Before that, frequented several local bulletin board systems (BBS). One of them had 8 nodes that could be used at once, and we could play 8-man Duke Nukem 3D or 4-man Doom2, etc. It was the best gaming experience I've ever had.
First computer we had was a 286. If I remember correctly, it was 16 mhz but the Turbo button could jump it up to 33 mhz. Don't quote me on those numbers
I was on a friend's computer a few times that was online in 1995, but I am not sure that counts. I had my first computer with internet access in 1996, a 386 that I got more than my money (or should I say my parents' money) out of playing Quake online on a 14.4 modem. The constant 600 ping made it feel like a skating rink. Before that, frequented several local bulletin board systems (BBS). One of them had 8 nodes that could be used at once, and we could play 8-man Duke Nukem 3D or 4-man Doom2, etc. It was the best gaming experience I've ever had.
First computer we had was a 286. If I remember correctly, it was 16 mhz but the Turbo button could jump it up to 33 mhz. Don't quote me on those numbers
1999-2000 I think. I would have been 12-13 at the time. The system was an HP (families first computer) with a 466 Celeron, 256MB ram, a 20GB hard drive and a 56k soft modem. We would dial up at a blistering speed of 28.8kbps and on a good day, 32kbps. At some point I came across a hardware modem and using that I was able to get up to 46-48kbps.
Those were the days...
Those were the days...
A 486 Celeron - those were the ones without the math co-processors, right?. Future Shop (the US know them as Best Buy) wanted an extra $500 for the stupid math co-processor to make it a DX instead of an SX. Remember those terms? lol
56k was the fastest dial up speed back then - created using a 28.8k modem and data compression!
So far 1995 is the year to beat!
1999-2000 I think. I would have been 12-13 at the time. The system was an HP (families first computer) with a 466 Celeron, 256MB ram, a 20GB hard drive and a 56k soft modem. We would dial up at a blistering speed of 28.8kbps and on a good day, 32kbps. At some point I came across a hardware modem and using that I was able to get up to 46-48kbps.
Those were the days...
Those were the days...
Around 2006-2008 on Windows XP SP3 (Or 2?) while using old pentium PC, and it makes my internet slow as hell too.
Maybe I'm born too late
Maybe I'm born too late
I'm not even sure though I don't think I'm as old as you. I remember being one of the first people in my primary school to get a computer though and felt pretty special . Just used it to play games and do my homework on it though. It was a long time after that that internet became popular however.
. Just used it to play games and do my homework on it though. It was a long time after that that internet became popular however.
For me it was early 1995. (Can anyone beat that?)
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
I was using OS2/Warp on Windows 3.1
With every purchase of OS/2 they gave you an ibm.net email address.
Back then the WWW was in it's infancy, with most pages just being text.
Before 1995 I used to log into homemade BBS systems.
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