Replies to post #13490 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

Definitely. By today's standards, getting onto a BBS was a Herculean task, and I bet more than 90% of today's internet users couldn't possibly connect to a BBS in less than 24 hours if you gave them a DOS machine, install diskettes, a modem, and a phone number.

Make it 48 hours if the modem is configured to use a com port that is already present in the computer. <g>

[SagDec15]

If you know what BAUD is, and BPS is, and that they are different, then you may be a geek.

If you know what 300, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200 means, then you may be a geek.

If you know what Xmodem, Ymodem and Zmodem are, then you may be a geek.

If you know what CRC and checksum are/do, then you may be a geek.