Then call waiting came out and would disconnect the session sometimes. That sucked ass.
On Feb 17, 2020, at 16:37, Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
I can't help myself... :)
My mother in the 1980s: "no one can ever call us because the phone line is always busy"
Me with an Osborne 1 and a 300 baud modem: "We need a second phone line!" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1)
My mother: "That's too expensive. Quit clogging up the phone line with that toy!"
Me: "Ok...Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcch*ding*ding*ding*" (*)
I never would've guessed in those days that it would provide me an entire professional career.
scott
(*) I copied Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcch*ding*ding*ding* from a website as I could not spell that.