At the time the experience was "first class" [1] ;) I was lucky enough to be a middle schooler when BMUG [2] was going strong. And even attended a few of the T

At the time the experience was "first class" [1] ;) I was lucky enough to be a middle schooler when BMUG [2] was going strong. And even attended a few of the Thursday night meet ups they had. I remember one person talking about "encryption" for the first time for me. And how they were thinking about maybe one day computers would need to find more "entropy." E.g., use the random variations in the hardware to seed/salt communication. That was a 'hmm, interesting' experience for me that drew me more towards technology. I also remember getting access to BBSes via friends of friends that specialized in 'software'. And having handles / trying to come up with badass handles. And other mischievous things. But it was fun - and with Macintosh software - freeware, shareware, etc., I variously remember different BMUG catalogs - with CDs full of shareware in the backs of paperback books per year or per season, etc. Funny how things have changed and yet the most advanced stuff that was going on then is more or less what's just normal now (higher quality videos, bandwidth, etc.). People have been chatting and posting online for a minute. UPDATE. These icons are a throwback: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstClass#/media/File:FirstClass_GLFN_desktop.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstClass#/media/File:FirstCl... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstClass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstClass [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Macintosh_Users_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Macintosh_Users_Group