jamesg1213
Pfft.
 
I was there when it was all printed onto parchment with a Caxton Press and delivered on horseback.

I was there when it was wall paintings in caves in France.
 
Ya I'm old.
 
 
I keed I keed.
 
I was not in the newgroups but I am of the new twit class. Just ask any juan.

I was there when it was carved on walrus tusks.

Wookiee
I did try but my dial up modem was so slooooow I gave up
 

I still remember that, if you could whistle at 4,800 Hz, you could make your 110 BAUD modem sync up at 300 BAUD.
(And, ohhhh yes was that worth trying!)

craigb

Wookiee
I did try but my dial up modem was so slooooow I gave up
 

I still remember that, if you could whistle at 4,800 Hz, you could make your 110 BAUD modem sync up at 300 BAUD.
(And, ohhhh yes was that worth trying!)

That seems sooooooo lame.
 
Why not just pull out your oscilloscope?
 

bapu

craigb

Wookiee
I did try but my dial up modem was so slooooow I gave up
 

I still remember that, if you could whistle at 4,800 Hz, you could make your 110 BAUD modem sync up at 300 BAUD.
(And, ohhhh yes was that worth trying!)

That seems sooooooo lame.
 
Why not just pull out your oscilloscope?

 
I couldn't afford one back then and my slide rule was useless for the task... 
 

Here.
 

jamesg1213
Pfft.
 
I was there when it was all printed onto parchment with a Caxton Press and delivered on horseback.

good one James …..
 
Yo Harvey Happy Holidays Bro 
 
Kenny

I wasn't there - I was in the Logic version of those newsgroups. Just for fun, what was the typical problem or wishlist that we now have and take for granted from back then? I wouldn't mind seeing a couple of those topics if someone doesn't mind sharing a couple.

In 1999 I had sold off all my musical and recording equipment and was working two full-time day jobs. I was nearing 50 and had decided it was time to finally grow up.
 
Six years later my workaholic lifestyle caught up to me and rewarded me with a heart attack.
 
Forced to dial back my frenetic schedule for awhile, I figured I'd see what Cakewalk had been up to in the intervening years since Cakewalk for DOS 1.0. Google found this forum, leading me to choose SONAR as my entre back into recording.
 
I wonder how things would have gone if I'd been connected to the old CW newsgroup back then instead of Microsoft newsfeeds.

Ted, Perlman, Celeron, Windows98
 

 
 
 
PS.... yeah, I go back a ways...