OldMedUser
Well-Known Member
My first modem was a 300 baud that you stuck the handset into. 9600 was my first upgrade and it was broken out of the box. Luckily I was at BCIT at the time and after 2 days of hair-pulling frustration took it to the computer science dept and a couple days later got it back and was told it was dead. Back to Future Shop for a new one.
I only upgraded here from dial-up 7 or 8 years ago. Max download speed was 5Kb/sec and now I'm getting 800-1000.
I never got my Grade 12 diploma either. My chem diploma is/was good for 2 years university credit and I went into it as a mature student and took a 6 week math upgrade course in the summer prior to classes starting in Sept. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in 6 weeks of 3 hour days and I managed 87% overall. Figured school would be a breeze until I started with 7 different classes and very poor time management skills. Being out of school for 15 years or so leaves you ill-equipped for the rigors of academic life. Not that I was much of a student back then either. I had gone back to high school at age 20 too. Being the only guy in the school old enough to go to the liquor store made me a lot of cool friends real fast. Many of them were female too.
I only upgraded here from dial-up 7 or 8 years ago. Max download speed was 5Kb/sec and now I'm getting 800-1000.
I never got my Grade 12 diploma either. My chem diploma is/was good for 2 years university credit and I went into it as a mature student and took a 6 week math upgrade course in the summer prior to classes starting in Sept. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in 6 weeks of 3 hour days and I managed 87% overall. Figured school would be a breeze until I started with 7 different classes and very poor time management skills. Being out of school for 15 years or so leaves you ill-equipped for the rigors of academic life. Not that I was much of a student back then either. I had gone back to high school at age 20 too. Being the only guy in the school old enough to go to the liquor store made me a lot of cool friends real fast. Many of them were female too.