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May 29th, 2002, 04:32 PM
#21
Senior Member
Yeah I kinda miss that weird ring the dial-up gave me....That's why I use my brothers computer when I wanna hear that.
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May 29th, 2002, 08:19 PM
#22
Why not just dial (713)554-9114 and listen up!
It is better to be HATED for who you are, than LOVED for who you are NOT.
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May 29th, 2002, 09:42 PM
#23
You know... Someone needs to make a program that will run and play back a modem link initialization... for nostalgia sake...
[HvC]Terr: L33T Technical Proficiency
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May 29th, 2002, 09:48 PM
#24
Originally posted here by Dr Toker
Why not just dial (713)554-9114 and listen up!
And whistle!!! hehehehe
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
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May 29th, 2002, 10:10 PM
#25
 i use my aol disks as coasters too!
as for security, the router is probably the way to go. not too expensive, either.
@ work, i use a proxy --> switch --> cps
@ home, i really dont have anything worth saving… i think.
just like water off a duck\'s back... I AM HERE.
for CMOS help, check out my CMOS tut?
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May 29th, 2002, 10:20 PM
#26
Junior Member
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May 29th, 2002, 11:39 PM
#27
i used to use a 28.8 then a 56k, but now in on lighning fast broadband, but its creepy, b4 i knew what was happening, not its NIC>cable modem then some thingy in the wall that gives Tv, phone and interent im gonna have to read up on this :P rotfl
preep
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May 30th, 2002, 10:46 AM
#28
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May 30th, 2002, 11:09 AM
#29
AOL, fastest dial-up around here, don't have many problems with it compared to the local ISP's that I've dealt with. I'm gonna go broadband soon though...well, as soon as it's more affordable. *LOL*
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May 30th, 2002, 11:21 AM
#30
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I'm really not sure which is the cheaper way to go. If anyone out there is like me, they have their old systems put up somewhere in a closet or something. I even still have my old 8086 mb. How's that for nastalgia? 
A gateway server doesn't need to be fast and it doesn't need lots of memory (RAM or diskspace). All I needed to do when I first started was blow the dust out of an old 486, remove the unnecessary stuff (sound card, modem, etc) and shove a couple of network cards in there, and power it up chanting "Come on, baby!" (if you've ignored it for a while, you have to talk extra sweet to her or else she won't warm up to you)
Seriously, though... The expense is about the same even if you don't have a system (people give old computers away because they think they aren't any good... after all, it's much too slow for Doh!s, so it must be the machine's fault).
On another note, there's more that you can do with a gateway server. It's only limitations are the limitations of the hardware (as is true of a router, but you can't exactly yank the cover off of a router and add more stuff to it). Still, it's true that the security of a gateway server is ONLY as good as the system administrator makes it (a beginners beware).
I guess it really doesn't matter either way. If someone is content with a router, that's cool. It's certainly better than nothing and it does provide a lot of the protection that a gateway does... for now at least. I use the gateway method because I love a good, learning experience.
Rev
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With *NIX, there\'s already a way. The sum of us just need roadmaps to get there. 
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