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I'm sure I've told this story here before but when I was in high school in 1992, we were allowed to go off-campus for lunch. Me and a buddy would each go home
by chrissnell 7y ago
I'm sure I've told this story here before but when I was in high school in 1992, we were allowed to go off-campus for lunch. Me and a buddy would each go home to our respective houses and hop on a local multi-line BBS and chat with each other just for the novelty of it. It's hard to explain just how amazing real-time chat was in 1992.
- xenophonf 7y agoI remember, in 1991 or 1992, chatting with some Navy guy on some Texan BBS, dialed in from Chicago through my cousin's Tymnet account. While the technical stuff was astounding, what really blew my mind was how the Navy guy treated me—like an adult, a peer. I think that encounter really ignited my passion for computing and networking tech.
- Angostura 7y agoI remember in 1991 dialling in to a BBS in Latvia and chatting to someone there. Felt pretty astonishing.