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1993. In those days, the major groups like Fairlight operated by postal ( / snail) mail network, too. At some point, a mutual-game-swapping acquaintance judge
by crtified 3y ago
1993.
In those days, the major groups like Fairlight operated by postal ( / snail) mail network, too.
At some point, a mutual-game-swapping acquaintance judged (the then-teenaged) me trustworthy enough to bring in, and gave me a reference/sign up form. From then on I got a few printed out pages in the mail once per month, listing the new available wares of the month, and an order form.
You would send back the order form to a PO Box address, along with actual cash payment in the envelope, and a week later, a parcel with a stack of floppy disks would arrive.
- Agingcoder 3y agoI remember something similar ie an acquaintance of mine who was ´introduced’. He used to aggregate orders and forward them to his main provider, who eventually got busted, at which point my acquaintance stopped. I remember thinking that this was very clearly not the regular disk swapping between kids, but a much more organised, for profit, enterprise.