From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] dull question #1
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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:50:47 -0400
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 > You can't do anything to make Hell tolerable.
 > 1200-baud modems can be made tolerable by using a Blit.

As a user for several years of Jerq and Blit technology
at 1200 bps, I'd testify likewise that they were quite usable
in use.  One real problem was the long startup time:
about 9 minutes to download the system, which had to be
done perhaps daily because neither of the terminals had
more than a small ROM (no flash, no floppy).  The earliest
ones were also dreadfully susceptible to static electricity,
so in the winter one developed the habit of placing a
hand on the metal case before shifting in the chair or
shuffling the feet.  9.6kbps was indeed better.

	Dennis