Remembering PIX: The Pension Information eXchange

[Dave Baker]

Hey, fellow old-time pioneers! You'll enjoy this file.

one-you-will-remember.mp3

[shERPA]

Too funny, makes me feel old!

[Mike Preston]

Cool. I used the same file in my presentation to ACOPA in 2017. The audience got a kick out of it.

[Bill Presson]

I still remember the joy of upgrading from my 4800 baud modem to a 14.4kb modem and it was screaming. It would upload the answer packet and download the new message packet and I was golden for another evening of trying to keep the hell up.

[Dave Baker]

Oh, 14.4k! Gawd, faster than a 9600, and already at 9600 one can hardly keep up with the type as it scrolls across the screen.

Mine was a Practical Peripherals -- I can't bear to get rid of it. I'll take a photo!

I remember my 2400 baud modem, which had a little green light on the front that lit up behind the silhouette of a rabbit, when the modem was able to negotiate a 9600 baud connection with the other modem! High-speed, man, look out.

[Bill Presson]

I just found out that Lou Filliger passed away last August. If you spent more than a day on PIX, you would remember him.

Strong opinions on just about everything and an incredibly avid hiker. I never got the opportunity to meet him in person and I'm very sad about that.

 

RIP, Lou.

[shERPA]

I did not know about Lou, thanks for posting.  I first met him when he was working for Brian Demsey + Associates.  RIP.

[Bird]

Thanks for posting.  RIP

[Mike Preston]

Very sorry to hear this. Lou and I went way back. All the way to the same dorm at the University of Michigan. Rest in peace.