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In 1986, I "text chatted" via my Commodore 64 to another kid in a neighboring town, across our 600 baud modems, using our parent's home phone land lines. I'll
by robodale 11y ago
In 1986, I "text chatted" via my Commodore 64 to another kid in a neighboring town, across our 600 baud modems, using our parent's home phone land lines. I'll never forget typing the white letters on the blue screen: "Hey Brian can you see this?"
...then seeing the screen cursor start to produce characters that I didn't type:
"Yep sure did"
It would be 8 more years before I accessed the Internet in 1994.
I think what I miss is the thrilling self-discovery of communicating in a new medium.