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LOL kids these days. I remember when we first got Internet access and didn't have to batch up a UUCP download late at night any more, what a great convenience!

LOL kids these days. I remember when we first got Internet access and didn't have to batch up a UUCP download late at night any more, what a great convenience! Also things like URLs are remarkably useful; finding a file via UUCP was quite a hassle. I mean as an art project goes, sure, why not? But it's hard to imagine UUCP offers any practical advantages unless you literally don't have an always-on Internet connection. For more nostalgia, enjoy the UUCP maps: http://olduse.net/blog/current_usenet_map/ http://olduse.net/blog/current_usenet_map/

huslage 8y ago
This is the way I felt too. I used to do lots of UUCP back in the late 80s, but that fell away as soon as I got "real IP" SLIP dialup. I did use UUCP a few years ago over some HF radios. It still has some uses, but the usability of it is horrid.
mmaunder 8y ago
In South Africa where I grew up, we had the entire country's internet hanging off a single dialup UUCP gateway at Rhodes University in Grahamstown from 1988 until 1991. In 91 they replaced the dialup UUCP link with a 9600kbps leased line. Only universities had access. We got our first commercial ISP in 1993.
- throw0101a 8y ago
  > [ZA] got our first commercial ISP in 1993. Interesting 'doc' from the Internet Society on the effort from a few years ago on Internet exchange points (IXPs): * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFv-9iPwwLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFv-9iPwwLE
fsagx 8y ago
The first place I worked at out of college was on the cutting edge of technology when everyone, from the president to the janitor, got an email address. The 1200b UUCP connection for a staff of 30 sometimes caused some bottlenecks. I remember getting grief from the boss when whomever he was talking to on the phone wasn't getting his emails. Turns out the receptionist was receiving a 1MB (!) attachment at the same time
- adrianratnapala 8y ago
  Cat pictures?

huslage 8y ago

This is the way I felt too. I used to do lots of UUCP back in the late 80s, but that fell away as soon as I got "real IP" SLIP dialup. I did use UUCP a few years ago over some HF radios. It still has some uses, but the usability of it is horrid.

mmaunder 8y ago

In South Africa where I grew up, we had the entire country's internet hanging off a single dialup UUCP gateway at Rhodes University in Grahamstown from 1988 until 1991. In 91 they replaced the dialup UUCP link with a 9600kbps leased line. Only universities had access. We got our first commercial ISP in 1993.

throw0101a 8y ago
> [ZA] got our first commercial ISP in 1993. Interesting 'doc' from the Internet Society on the effort from a few years ago on Internet exchange points (IXPs): * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFv-9iPwwLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFv-9iPwwLE

fsagx 8y ago

The first place I worked at out of college was on the cutting edge of technology when everyone, from the president to the janitor, got an email address. The 1200b UUCP connection for a staff of 30 sometimes caused some bottlenecks. I remember getting grief from the boss when whomever he was talking to on the phone wasn't getting his emails. Turns out the receptionist was receiving a 1MB (!) attachment at the same time

adrianratnapala 8y ago
Cat pictures?