Oh, that takes me back, somewhere in my backup files is the program I wrote in the dark distant past to dial up the ISP, load up Internet Explorer, load up Outlook Express (Remember them?) and a spam filter program, and put up a cheery “Welcome Home” message. Set the bios to fire up 5 mins before I got home from work and it was all set up ready for me. As I recall I could also phone my house number to kick it into life as well. Ah the days of slow internet and slow PC’s
Reminds me of the Simpson’s Episode, where Comic Book Guy waited patiently for a picture of Captain Janeway from Star Trek, Voyager. (Not even Seven of Nine)
Mordock999 Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Dial-Up.”
U.S. Robotics would be proud.
SHIVA over 4 years ago
A man with feet of clay!!
BigDaveGlass over 4 years ago
Oh, that takes me back, somewhere in my backup files is the program I wrote in the dark distant past to dial up the ISP, load up Internet Explorer, load up Outlook Express (Remember them?) and a spam filter program, and put up a cheery “Welcome Home” message. Set the bios to fire up 5 mins before I got home from work and it was all set up ready for me. As I recall I could also phone my house number to kick it into life as well. Ah the days of slow internet and slow PC’s
JDP_Huntington Beach over 4 years ago
Reminds me of the Simpson’s Episode, where Comic Book Guy waited patiently for a picture of Captain Janeway from Star Trek, Voyager. (Not even Seven of Nine)
Buck B over 4 years ago
Wow. I knew this strip has been recycling for some time, but didn’t realize it has been that long. Welcome to 56K.
The Pro from Dover over 4 years ago
Those good old days
liberalnlovinit over 4 years ago
Can tell how old this strip is – Ralph is still on a 300 baud dial-up modem…
Brian Premium Member over 4 years ago
I had a second phone line for a time.
Flatworm over 4 years ago
Dial-up Internet? Was this strip dug up by archaeologists?