Subj : computers
To   : Newtype Len
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Jul 16 2024 10:25:54

  Re: computers
  By: Newtype Len to rubberchicken on Mon Jul 15 2024 08:28 am

 NL> I grew up with dial-up in the 90s and 2000s, but never saw or used a BBS
 NL> until last year. Using one now has changed my apprecation for using the
 NL> Internet, and has changed my ideas on how to use it to communicate.

When in the 90s did you start using dial-up?  To me, I feel like BBSing was where dial-up started.  I got my first PC, along with a modem, in 1992, and I started calling BBSes right away.  I knew about them because of my dad - The PC and modem were hand-me-down from my dad, and he also gave me a copy of a local BBS list that was available on many local BBSes at the time.  There was also a local free computer magazine here that you could get from many convenience stores, the library, etc., which had a list of local BBSes in the back.

Nightfox
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