Subj : How did you find out about bulletin boards?
To   : Bob Worm
From : nelgin
Date : Wed May 01 2024 19:11:27

  Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
  By: Bob Worm to nelgin on Wed May 01 2024 19:59:54

 >  > I saw cow.demon.net :)
 >
 > Well that just unlocked another memory... Now I'm sat here trying to
 > remember hostnames that I haven't used in 20 years. Oh, wait... carry the
 > one, 1995 was (nearly) 30 years ago now :\

I remember when the internet would slow down when the US woke up. They had a T1 , I think, to the US which was fine while nobody was using it. Usenet was a great way to get files and ftpmail too.

 > Random aside, I used to work in a place that rented colo space (among other
 > things) and always remember finding a customer who had set all their reverse
 > DNS to <musician>.<company>.com. They had done a very good job of coming up
 > with a list of top-flight names, starting at A and progressing through the
 > alphabet until they hit the end of their IP block. When I branched out on my
 > own I bought my business cards from them :)

I named my servers after drinks; gin, vodka, whiskey, tuaca... :)

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