Subj : Re: computers
To   : Nightfox
From : TheNerd
Date : Fri Jul 26 2024 12:07:01

 Ni> I started using the internet in 1995 with Windows 3.1 and Winsock.  I
 Ni> don't think it was a PITA..  It actually seemed fairly easy to set up. 
 Ni> You'd just configure Winsock for your ISP and dial in, and you were
 Ni> online.  I did that for a while until in 1996, I got my first job and
 Ni> spent my first couple paychecks on parts for a new PC, which I installed
 Ni> Windows 95 on.

OH gawd I hated Winsock.  Early in my career I had to support that for an ISP.. thankfully not for long before it filtered out of the system.  Nothing but pain with a 'user' on the other end of the phone.  


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