Subj : Computers
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jul 17 2024 15:53:26

  Re: Computers
  By: MIKE POWELL to NIGHTFOX on Wed Jul 17 2024 09:57 am

 Ni> When in the 90s did you start using dial-up?  To me, I feel like BBSing

 MP> Cannot speak for Newtype, but I was using it from 1988-93 to access the
 MP> central computer system at work.  Unlike Newtype, I was also using it to
 MP> dial BBSes (from 1987), but I do know of a few others who were using
 MP> dial-up to dial into work.  My uncle at the time was using it that way.

That's cool.  I never used my modem to dial into work, but aside from BBSing and using the internet, my local library had a dialup line that I sometimes used to search for and reserve books to check out from the library.

Nightfox
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