Subj : Re: Back at it
To   : Dr. What
From : Abbub
Date : Sun Apr 30 2023 14:35:29

 > I never even knew Compu$erve had a GUI at some point.

Yeah, I have no memory of that, either. I remember AOL and Prodigy. I
remember driving up to northern virginia to visit this girl my roomate
was interested in who lived in one of those DC suburbs. She was ridiculously
cute, and her family owned a PS/1 and had a Prodigy account, which she showed
us. My impression of Prodigy was that it was exactly the kind of on-line
service I'd expect someone who bought an IBM PS/1 to use. lol. I think it was
a 286-based model...in like...1990.

We used to cycle through 'free' trials of AOL and leech files off of them. I
also got slightly addicted to an early (the first?) MMORPG called
'Neverwinter Nights' (no, not 'new' franchise, but a on-line low-res affair
that AOL had, which I believe was based on the SSI Goldbox engine. It was
very similar to those games in look and feel. I think that lasted until I got
the first bill.

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