Subj : Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
To   : fusion
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Mar 27 2024 17:18:32

  Re: Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
  By: fusion to Nightfox on Wed Mar 27 2024 04:49 pm

 fu> when i was probably in.. 5th grade i think? the teacher for the computer
 fu> class gave me a 300 baud modem .. that's how i got my start. he wanted me
 fu> to learn about the internet though, but instead i went and called a bunch
 fu> of bbses.. worked out in the end anyways but :)

That's cool :)  I'd think 300 baud would have been a bit slow for internet though, even in the mid 90s..

At the time I started (1992), the internet wasn't widely used yet. I didn't even know about the internet yet, and I'm not sure many people I knew did either.

 fu> lucky.. by the time i had my own second line i was using it for dedicated
 fu> dialup internet. bit weird having your own phone number at the ISP, but it

What do you mean by "phone number at the ISP"?  Your phone line wasn't at home?

Nightfox
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