HighCastle of Geek

​A blog/journal about my life and the stuff I like. Popular subjects include music, guitars, gear, books, movies, video games, technology, humor.

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How Far We Have Come (technologically)

Our first home PC was a TRS-80 Color Computer and we had an analog phone modem (handset plugged into a cradle a la WarGames). Props to my Dad for shelling out ~ $4k in today's money so I could ̷p̷l̷a̷y̷ ̷t̷e̷x̷t̷ ̷a̷d̷v̷e̷n̷t̷u̷r̷e̷s̷ further my education.

For comparison, the new Indiana Jones game I just downloaded in ~ 15 minutes (113gb file) would have taken that 300 baud modem 27 years