Wow...I had to use X-Modem to transfer a file today

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: jfall
that brings me back, anyone remember cybercom?

or Telix?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jfall
that brings me back, anyone remember cybercom?

or Telix?

I still have Telix for Windows.

How about Telemate?

PC Tools?

Qmodem?

lol...

 

[Night Blade]

Anyone remember hslink? Hydra? IceZmodem? SZmodem?

Anyone remember waiting 1 hour for a 6k file to transfer on a 300bps modem? :Q.

Oh, the horror!

 

[yllus]

300 baud to 2400 baud was the biggest jump in noticeable speed ever. I did use Telix for a while, ran my own BBS using TriBBS

I think I was 10 or something at the time.

 

[sharkeeper]

PromCOMM Plus user.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jfall
that brings me back, anyone remember cybercom?

or Telix?

I still have Telix for Windows.

How about Telemate?

PC Tools?

Qmodem?

lol...

I used all of those except PC tools. I also used procomm plus. Door games rocks . BRE, Tradewars 2002, LORD, the pit, Tele-Arena, Major-Mud, and The Rose were my favorites.

 

[ScottMac]

XModem was a the new name for Modem7, which was developed by Ward Christiansen (I think I butchered his last name) ... it was also called Chistiansen Protocol.

It was the only way to transfer eight-bit/binary stuff. Some other folks came out with "Kermit" which would transfer seven bits of the byte for X number of bytes, then it would send the collection of missing eighth bits.

Ward and Randy Seuss ran a BBS in Chicago called , oddly enough, "Ward & Randy's"

All the dial-ups were straight ASCII and used the terminal codes for cursor placement (i.e., VT100, Hazeltine, Televideo ...) you had to tell the board which "terminal" you were using.

At the time, aside from BBS, you could subscribe to national services like "The Source" or Compuserve (which was absorbed by AOL much later). They offered "Timeshare" services and chat facilities, along with weather, some games ("MUDs - Multi-User Dungeons) and other features.

TCP/IP was not used, and generally unheard of outside of the DARPA crowd.

Servers used CP/M or MP/M for an operating system ... some might have used UNIX.

The "hot" terminal emulator of the day was "Crosstalk," the absolute worst was IBM's "Async Terminal Emulation" ... which is still considered by some to be the worst program/application ever released for public consumption.

Procomm and QTerm didn't come along for another couple years.

Most stuff was 300 baud only, some would support Bell 202 1200 baud (half duplex 1200). Novation and Racal-Vadic made the best modems, and everyone laughed at Hayes and their silly "AT" command set.

Ahhhh ... those were the days ....


Anyone wanna buy some buggywhips?

FWIW

Scott

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
PromCOMM Plus user.

I remember buying that in 1994 retail for some ridiculous amount (I was in school, anything over $10 was ridiculous). It was a great program, and I think I held onto it for about 7-8 years!

I think I finally threw away my 2400 baud Hayes Optima modem. That was one of the most sturdy pieces of equipment I ever bought for a PC -- metal exterior that could take a beating. I upgraded to a Hayes 14.4K and then moved over to USR 33.6 then 56 (all external). Still have the USR for emergencies!

Ah, memories...

 

[dug777]

If you want a rather more modern program that i found on floppy the other day...anyone remember TransXit?

 

[cyberhap]

Back in college we had to write the Kermit protocol for our Communications class.