not with THIS machine, though!
I’ve been on the Internet since 1993. Bulletin boards and such. IRC. I used dial-up. Then computer memory became too complex and massive to handle a straight analog telephone connection.
So I got broadband. Expensive broadband. And it served me well, when I could afford it.
Then, my roommate gave me her Wi-Fi hotspot. Much like broadband, a little less expensive, but a little spotty with coverage and speed.
NOW, she decided to get a cable modem and router…
Remarkable! I connect faster, more quality, security and speed!. And it’s only showing 4 of 5 bars at peak periods! (I’m upstairs from the router.) No buffering on video! For the first time in Guffaw’s PC History!
Live and learn.
PS – I no longer have the Timex Sinclair. I’ve moved past 16K…
16K? Big machine (for us old-timers).
Posted by Ed Skinner | January 13, 2013, 7:08 am16K was an expensive add-on. The original machine had 1K, then 2!
Posted by guffaw1952 | January 13, 2013, 7:13 amI had a sinclair computer back in the day, then an apple II E. Boy was that an expensive computer – $2500 in 1983 dollars. 64k ram, no hard drive, just two floppy drives.
Welcome back to broadband Guff!
Posted by kx59 | January 13, 2013, 7:09 amWell broadband served me well, but not so much my wallet. And, I almost always had ‘buffering’ issues with videos.
And thanks!
Posted by guffaw1952 | January 13, 2013, 7:15 amI remember those monsters… My first one was one that I built out of parts… sigh
Posted by Old NFO | January 13, 2013, 8:00 amI could never do that! Bought mine assembled for $20 !
Posted by guffaw1952 | January 13, 2013, 8:04 amStarted with a Commodore 64, then graduated to a bargain-basement Turbo XT, with an 8088 processor clocking at 2K. Oh yeah, there was the dual-5.25″ floppy drive PC at church with no hard drive. I don’t miss those days at all.
Posted by Rev. Paul | January 13, 2013, 10:27 amI didn’t know any better. Correction – I couldn’t afford any better. Until my first 8086, then a Pentium!
I don’t miss those days, either!
Posted by guffaw1952 | January 13, 2013, 11:15 pm