Posting while flying...
 

Anyone ever posted to FT while on an airplane in flight?

Dorian

They must have more money than I do!

Randy did an in-flight chat session a few years ago (?).

BB-

My company has an agreement with GTE Airphone. No matter how long your call is there is a $15 cap. 4 hrs of net surfing from LAX-IAD is $15.

But at 9600, FT is just too slow.

"...at 9600, FT is just too slow..."
Boy, I must be real old - still remember communicating at 2,400 bps.... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by Flying Dutchman (edited 05-30-2000).]

I remember a few connections at 300 baud with my old 2400 baud modem. Talk about waiting for hours...

I get upset now when I can't connect higher than 19.2...

Although with 4 hours to kill on those transcon flights, I don't blame you for breaking out the computer, especially if business is paying a max of $15.

Ryan

I have NEVER been able to get a connection to work on a GTE airphone. When you try to contact the one employee at Airphone, they say that my "uncommon brand" modems (Megahertz, 3Com, IBM, Toshiba, Motorola, etc.) were not compatible with their system.

I think they said they could get it to work with a Commodore 64.

I think I stopped trying.

Yeah, lets have our own exclusive FT Mile High Club! lets talk.... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

NJDavid, it worked with my TI/99A.. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Shadow, TI 99A...I'm not familiar with that...is that a Timex Sinclair model number?
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Shadow... do you have an Empower adapter for the TI? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by Mizu (edited 06-04-2000).]

Maybe just not an early adopter. I remember my first modem. It was 300 bps. It had no internal dialer and no carrier detect. You had to manually dial the phone and then flip a switch on the modem to bring it online once the other modem answered.

Well since we're into one nostalgia, I remember (actually still have it) a Zoom Modem with 118 (or very close to 118) and 300 baud that I used on my Apple II plus (a $5000 computer without a hard drive and only one single sided floppy!). It wouldn't always work on 300 so 118 was often used! Took forever to send simple text documents back and forth--but still faster than overnight courier.

Well since we're into one nostalgia, I remember (actually still have it) a Zoom Modem with 110/300 baud that I used on my Apple II plus (a $5000 computer without a hard drive and only one single sided floppy!). It wouldn't always work on 300 so 110 was often used! Took forever to send simple text documents back and forth--but still faster than overnight courier.

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