Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

[David V. Corbin]

>>> If I used hardware until it wore out I would still be using 
>>> a 1200 baud modem! You have to upgrade some components because
>>> the speed increase is
>>> worth it, while still retaining the original machines ability to run
>>> software it was intended to run.
>>> 

They have 1200 Baud Modems???? Why? I get along just fine with my acoustic
coupler (although it is getting hard to find a telephone shandset that
fits....