Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember when my PS/1 came equipped with an ultra-fast 2400 baud, full duplex modem.
Just install ProComm+, and you were at the forefront of digital communication! Man...I was 14 and had no clue what I was doing, but it was fun. *sigh* Now i'm 30, still have no idea what I'm doing, but it's not as much fun..... On 2/9/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was cruising around the conferences of a "bbs" that I've been using > pretty > much daily since 1986, and I found the following in an item I'd entered > about alternave ways of accessing the internet. > > The bbs in question is "M-Net" and has been operating continuously as a > multiuser, public access unix system since 1983. For more information, > telnet://m-net.arbornet.org or visit www.arbornet.org > > Note the references to hourly limitations on internet service. =) > > #1 Charlie Brown (ric) Tue, Sep 5, 1995 (20:24): > > There are plenty of other ways to get to the Internet and to each othere > here in Ann Arbor. > > For instance, Jared will sell you a dedicated phone line on his system for > only the cost of the phone line and installation. He's got ISDN service, > a > network connection FAR superior to the one here at M-Net. > > Unfortunately, Nether.net is a packed system, and if you don't already > have > an account there, it's hard to get one unless you bribe him. :) Send some > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > Grex is also available. Their net connection is outrageously slow, and > many > of their dialin's are still 2400 baud, god only knows why. But it's still > available, and a lot of people find it more than adequate. > --- > > There are service providers as well... > > IC-Net offers 60 hours of SLIP access for $30 a month, and I believe > offers > unlimited shell access for an extra $10 a month. > > Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for information > > ---- > > MSEN offers service as well that isn't nearly as bad as M-Net's service.. > Try mailing "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ---- > > You can also get an authorization account from Mich.net, and get unlimited > PPP and telnet from the NASes for something like $35 a month. A pretty > good > deal, but the Michnet dialin's are VERY VERY busy. > > ---- > > mich.com also offers PPP access and shell access via some local dial-in's > (not in A2) or via the Mich-net dialins. For only $20 a month you get 80 > hours of access, and then only 60 cents an hour after that. > ---- > > Net.com also has local dialin's in this area.. $20 a month gets you > something like 30 or 40 hours with them, plus unlimited weekend and late > night usage. > > ---- > > There are MANY MANY alternatives to the access you MAY be paying for here. > > Remember, M-Net has 10 guest dialins, and you can telnet here for free, > when > the net connection is up. > > > -- > I'm not certified, but I have been told that I'm certifiable... > Visit http://www.opensourcecf.com today! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
