Usenet was available to people at universities and research labs with Internet connections. Usenet could be used in batch mode over dialup (periodically dial i

Usenet was available to people at universities and research labs with Internet connections. Usenet could be used in batch mode over dialup (periodically dial in to a friendly 24x7 server, upload postings, download articles). I participated on various newsgroups this way clear back to 1986.