until I could finally afford my own. If you went to the local
university, you got access to the internet so all we needed was a modem
to dial into the mainframe and from there we could get into IRC. Not
really much there other then just playing with the new tech at the time.
I do remember having lots of fun when AOL 3.0 came out with Unlimited
access and every room had a n00b in it. We could always say things like
"For a secret chat room, press Alt + f4, f4" If you did that, you would
hear "GoodBye" and then you would need luck to try and get in again. We
pretty much did the same on IRC after a while tricking people to try the
/quit command.
-----Original Message-----
From: brob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:18 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: The old days
hey guys, I would like to know of any stories you might want to share
about the old days when chatting/computer was just for geeks and the
internet was dormant. Here's mine
I used a 637 Performa CD mack that came with 300MB of space. Half of
that space was taken up by software and the operating system. I had to
constantly delete anything i can to save precious space. The coolest
game i played on it was Burn Cycle, which i still believe is the coolest
game ever. The first time I got internet was AOL 2.6, with a 2.4kbps
modem. CHatting was so fun, and that IM sound so catchy. It would take
anywhere from 5-10 minutes for my modem to load up a decent page with a
fair amount of graphics. I would just walk away for a bit and do
something else. When i got my $150 56k modem, things were alot more
nicer!
Also, I subscribed to computer magazines and used to drool over 150mhz
machines.
Comparing then to now, I'd say that i've been getting more impatient and
greedier. I know thats a bad thing, but I'd rather have it this way, at
least with technology!
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