Oh, I can beat all your stories on modem speed.

First modem was a 110 baud, and I had to write my own terminal program...

10 PRINTCHR$(147);
20 OPEN2,2,0,CHR$(7);CHR$(0);
30 GET#2,I$
40 PRINTI$;
50 GETJ$;
60 PRINT#2,J$;
70 GOTO30

Wow, look, ma, I remember my CBM BASIC V2.

I was also a Files Staffer on a C64 Files BBS... on a 300bps modem, had to download and check every upload and okay it.

Bren R.