[jimpick]

I had AOL too with a 14.4k modem in 1993. Most of the time it ran some where around 9.6k though. By the minute stunk. Always checking to see if you were over for the month.

[dangerdoc]

I became an expert at logging in, downloading content and getting logged back off expediciously. I would then print out the reading material with the dot matrix printer.

ZZZZZZZZZZ, thump, click, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, thump, click ....repeat....

My wife hated it. When I explained what an injet printer was, she wanted to know what it sounded like. I told her it was virtually silent. She made me go down to the computer store and buy one.

[dangerdoc]

I became an expert at logging in, downloading content and getting logged back off expeditiously. I would then print out the reading material with the dot matrix printer.

ZZZZZZZZZZ, thump, click, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, thump, click ....repeat....

My wife hated it. When I explained what an inkjet printer was, she wanted to know what it sounded like. I told her it was virtually silent. She made me go down to the computer store and buy one.