tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413630233453933042.post185265483038609091..comments2011-12-25T15:16:13.983-08:00Comments on To the Front: ATDT 1992ToTheFronthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06759524892884338511noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413630233453933042.post-50013469672216143182008-10-08T13:23:00.000-07:002008-10-08T13:23:00.000-07:00Yup, ATDT means attention (hey, modem, I'm talking...Yup, ATDT means attention (hey, modem, I'm talking to YOU!) and then dial this using tone-based dialing (faster than pulse).<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I got the age wrong (I meant to figure dates out properly then correct them, but I'm not 100% when I got that 386, nor when I started using the downstairs computer(s) on a daily basis - do you happen to recall?). The ones downstairs were a 286 then later a 386, were they not? I don't recall if there was an XT in the lot. I do remember that damned 1200 baud (2400 bps, 2-bit-per-baud) modem, which when it broke got replaced with another damned 1200/2400. People had 14.4s, then fancy 56k externals from US Robotics, and we were still reading as fast as the modem could get text over.ToTheFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759524892884338511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413630233453933042.post-27591908995302766542008-10-08T08:11:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:11:00.000-07:00I had a feeling I knew what the title referred to,...I had a feeling I knew what the title referred to, though not the actual acronym, but Google answered that. "ATtention Dial Tone (MODEM)" yes?<BR/><BR/>The thing is, you got your math wrong. You were 10 and then 11 in 1992, not thirteen. By the time you were thirteen, I believe you had moved from using the 386 in the basement office to the computer you bought (also a 386?) on the round white table in the living room upstairs.PhotoDiaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693193416260601889noreply@blogger.com