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Was that ever really a thing though? When I dig through my memory (and READMEs on old hard drives) I see a lot of .edu addresses. Seems the good-old-days of the
by whoopdedo 7y ago
Was that ever really a thing though? When I dig through my memory (and READMEs on old hard drives) I see a lot of .edu addresses. Seems the good-old-days of the internet wasn't about hosting things on an old computer in your basement but rather hosting things on an old computer in your school's basement.
And around the time when home connectivity became good enough that people considered home hosting was also around the time Slashdot was created.
- flywheel 7y agoMaybe you don't remember BBS systems. I know a bunch of people who hosted BBS systems "in their basement", hooking up multiple phone lines (4 or more) and multiple modems connected to a C64, or an Amiga, or a PC. And yes, we were calling all over the country (and the world) to exchange software, programming tools, games, etc. The good old days.
- lwh 7y agoMany early dial-up ISPs offered static IPs for hosting FTP/HTTP/SMTP/MUDs etc.
- benibela 7y agoOr you could host with the ISP I had a members.aol.com/benibela site or something