old modems (was Telephony switches)

[Richard]

In article <51ea77730706281509x155a051er3b9e05cada4732f3 at mail.gmail.com>,
    "Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com>  writes:

> That's a good way to present it.  I've tried explaining CIS per-hour
> service to friends whose only contact with telecom tech has been a
> cable modem, but they just can't grasp it.  And then when you tell
> them there were no pictures.....!
> 
> (OK, there were those RLE weather maps on CIS.  At 300bps, even!)

No pictures?  Are you kidding?  CIS invented GIF and before that there
was line printer art.  SNOOPY.BAS
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