although the year before I learned basic on an IBM PC. Wendy's familiy had
a trash 80 and a CP/M machine.
larry
At 06:20 PM 10/13/2003, you wrote:
>Can't remember when I started but I know it was on friend's machines
>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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