On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:00:37 -0500, Herb Chong wrote: > but the Internet was using smiley faces long before the average BBS user > was around too. late 70's/ early 80's, i was using them. BBSs took off in > the late 80s.
You're right, of course, but the average computer user didn't have access to the Internet until much later than that. Academic and some industrial users did, but home users with a (300 bps) modem typically didn't. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

