This is pretty much a description of me in the same era. I didn't know what the modem in my 386 was for, didn't have it plugged into anything. Then a nameless l

This is pretty much a description of me in the same era. I didn't know what the modem in my 386 was for, didn't have it plugged into anything. Then a nameless living saint at the local Radio Shack explained what it was for. I bought a phone cable, plugged it in, lightning struck, cue the montage that leads to the present day. I had a WWIV board, something called JetBBS, and finally Renegade, which ruled.